“Seven Drunken Nights” — The Dubliners
SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS-Traditional
Leave off Saturday and Sunday nights - they get pretty risque
[Verse 1]
G C
As I went home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw a horse outside the door, where my own horse should be
G C
So I call the wife and I says to her "Would you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns that horse outside the door, where my own horse should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ha! You're drunk, you're drunk, you silly old fool. Still you cannot see!
G D
That's a lovely sow that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well many a days I traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But a sow with a saddle on, I never seen before!
[Verse 2]
G C
And as I went home on Tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw a coat behind the door, where my own coat should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns that coat behind the door where my own coat should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool. Still you can not see!
G D
That's a woollen blanket that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But buttons on a blanket sure I never saw before!
[Verse 3]
G C
And as I went home on Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw a pipe upon the chair where my own pipe should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my own pipe should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool. Still you can not see!
G D
That's a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before!
[Verse 4]
G C
And as I went home on Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw two boots beneath the bed where my own boots should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my own boots should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you can not see!
G D
They're two lovely Geranium pots me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But laces in Geranium pots I never saw before!
[Verse 5]
G C
And as I went home on Friday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw a head inside the bed where my own head should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns that head with you in the bed where my own head should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you can not see!
G D
That's a baby boy that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before!
[Verse 6]
G C
And as I went home on Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw two hands upon her breasts where my own hands should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns them hands upon your breasts where my own hands should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you can not see!
G D
That's a lovely night gown that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But fingers in a night gown sure I never saw before!
[Verse 7]
G C
As I went home on Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be
G D
I saw a thing in her thing where my own thing should be
G C
Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me:
G D G
Who owns that thing in your thing where my own thing should be?"
[Chorus]
G C
Ah, you're drunk, you're drunk you silly old fool, still you can not see!
G D
That's a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me!
G C
Well, it's many a day I've traveled a hundred miles or more
G D G
But hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before!
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