Hamish Imlach — Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice (failed - reindex)
COD LIVER OIL AND ORANGE JUICE As sung by Hamish Imlach
Put together by D Chisholm
Capo on 3rd
1
= an approximation. If you're looking for a lumber (or a "bag-off"),
you're out for the night hoping to hook up with a member off the opposite
sex with a view to having a (often temporary) sexual liaison.
2
= dunny: a passage or basement in a tenement building.
3
= cludgie: an outside toilet in a tenement building
EM.EM6,C G B7
AEAEM
1) EM CGEM
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man,
CCG
Ohhoohh, all the way from Brigton
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
2) EM CGEM
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic,
CCG
Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
EM EM G
Aahhahh, what a hell of a mixture,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
?Sex rears its ugly head now!"
3) EM CGEM
Does this bus go to the Danister Parlae
CCG
Ohhoohh, I'm lookin' for a lumber,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Eyes up the talent, and lo, and behold..."
4) EM CGEM
In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary,
CCG
Ohhohh, the flo(w)er o' the Gorbels,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Spoken: "He chats her up.."
5) EM CGEM
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?"
CCG
"Oh, no, it's jest the way I'm standin'"
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Rebuffed!"
6) EM CGEM
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million",
CCG
"Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Rebuffed again!"
7) EM CGEM
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame?
CCG
Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
EM EM G
Aahhaahh," yer hell of a funny..."
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Never say die; sways aboot non-chalantly pickin' his nails wi' 'is bayonet; an 'e
knocks 'er off!..."
8) EM C G EM
Well, doon through the back close, and intae the dunny,
CCG
Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
9) EM CGEM
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie
CCG
Ohhoohh, I half-buggered off Sharpish
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
10) EM C G EM
Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man
CCG
Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
EM EM G
Aahhaahh, Sahara under a camel
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice
11) EM CGEM
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby,
CCG
Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
EM EM G
Aahhaahh, glory hallelujah,
GB7EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Hmm... Those chords don't do it from me... I played along with my copy of Hamish'
Em
version, and came up with these. For the talking bits, alternate between and
AA
. Mr. Imlach only needs one but I cannae talk that fast...
http://www.myspace.com/lookinforalumber
http://www.theballadeers.com/scots/hi_01.htm