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Composer: Traditional

Boiled in Lead - My Son John lyrics



My son John was tall and slim
And he had a leg for every limb
Now he's got no legs at all
They're both shot away with a cannonball

Well were you drunk or were you blind
To leave your two fine legs behind
Or was it from walking upon the sea
That took your legs from the ground to the knee

I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
To leave my two fine legs behind
Was a cannonball on the fifth of May
Took my two fine legs away

And all the foreign wars I'll now denounce
'Twixt this king of England or that king of France
I'd rather my legs as they used to be
Than the king of Spain and his whole navy

For I was tall and I was slim
And I had a leg for every limb
Now I've got no legs at all
You can't win a race with a cannonball

For I was tall and I was slim
And I had a leg for every limb
Now I've got no legs at all
You can't win a race with a cannonball

Transcribed by
Maxwell Edison
MAURERMJ@caa.mrs.umn.edu
MAURERMJ@UMNMOR.BITNET
Songs list of album: From the Ladle to The Grave (1989)
         Title Rating
01    The Pinch of Snuff lyrics Add lyrics   -
02   Madman Mora Blues lyrics   -
03    Cuz Mapfumo lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Step It Out Mary lyrics   -
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06    The Microorganism lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Sher lyrics Add lyrics   -
08    The Spanish Lady lyrics Add lyrics   -
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11    Stop, Stop, Stop lyrics Add lyrics   -
12   Pig Dog Daddy lyrics   -
13    The Guns of the Magnificent Seven lyrics Add lyrics   -
14   My Son John lyrics   -
 

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