The Crocodile (hi-lo)
by Irish-Nova Scotia tavern song circa 1880’s
- Type:
- Diatonic
- Key:
- Bb
- Posted by:
- waltp
THE CROCODILE hi-lo
Irish-Nova Scotia tavern song circa 1880’s
Key: Bb
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Come list ye, lands-men, all to me
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To tell the truth I’m bound
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What hap-pened to me by go-ing to sea
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And the won-ders that I found
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Ship-wrecked I was one sap-py rouse
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And cast all on the shore
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So I re-solved to take a cruise
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The coun-try to ex-plore
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To my ri tol loo-ral
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Lo-ra-li-do Ri-tol loo-ral lay
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To my ri tol lol fo-lid-dle
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Lol de fol
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To my tol loo-ral lay