Cod Liver Oil

Am
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life
G
For years I've been married to a poor sickly wife
Am                                            G
She does nothin' all day but to sit there and sigh
Am              Em              Am
Wishin' and prayin' that she-ee could die

Am
A friend from the village was talkin' one day
G
I told him me wife was a-fadin' away
Am                                       G
He afterwards told me that she would get strong
Am         Em          Am
If I got a bottle from old Doctor John

Am
Well I bought her one bottle to give her good cheer
G
The way that she drank it you'd swear it was beer
Am                                  G
I got her a second, and it went the same
Am                Em        Am
I think she's got cod liver oil on the brain

Am
Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear doctor John
G
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
Am                                        G
I'm afraid of me life I'll go down in the soil
Am                    Em            Am
If me wife don't stop drinkin' your cod liver oil

Am
Well it gave her good cheer and of that there's no doubt
G
Each week she got better and then she got stout
Am                                      G
And as she got fatter of course she got strong
Am                Em       Am
I think there's a devil in old Doctor John

Am
There's bottles and bottles all over the house
G
But as she got strong I'm as quiet as a mouse
Am                                         G
I've got to the stage if the kettle should boil
Am               Em         Em
I'd swear it was singing of cod liver oil

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