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Paddy and the Whale

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Paddy and the Whale - staff notation
X:12555
T:Paddy and the Whale
S:Digital Tradition, derrdwn2
H:Tune is another Derry Down variant RG
N:Note: Alternate chorus I've heard is:
N:Caterwaulin', Tarpaulin', Harpoonin' and all
B:From Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland, Greenleaf
B:Collected from John Edison, Fleur de Lys, 1929
Z:dt:derrdwn2
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:Paddy O'Brian left Ireland in glee;
W:He had a strong notion old England to see;
W:He shipped in the Nellie, for England was bound,
W:And the whiskey he drank made his head go around,
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  Laddy whack, fol de dol, fol de rol I dee dee *
W:
W:O, Paddy been never sailing before;
W:It made his heart ache when he heard the loud roar;
W:For the glance of his eye, a whale he did spy:
W:"I'm going to be ate," says Paddy,"by-and-by"
W:
W:O, Paddy run forward and caught hold of the mast
W:He grasped his arms round and there he held fast
W:The boat gave a tip, and, losing his grip,
W:Down in the whale's belly poor Paddy did slip,
W:
W:He was down in the whale six months and five days
W:Till luck one day to his throat he did pop.
W:The whale give a snort and then give a blow,
W:And out on the land poor Paddy did go.
W:
W:O, Paddy is landed and safe on the shore;
W:He swears that he 'll never go to sea any more.
W:The next time he wishes old England to see,
W:It will be when the railroad runs over the sea.
K:C
EAA AGA|EDD D2E|CEG GED|EFG A2A|
Add dcd|edc A2B/B/|cBc EDD|GAG E-DD/D/|A3/2B/A AGE|EDC D3||

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