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e: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 09:21:07 -0400

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A simple little song


Lukey

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Well  Lukeys boat is painted green
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Ha me boys
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Lukeys boat is painted green
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It's the prettiest boat that you've ever seen
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Aha me boys a didleiday (?)
  G      C         D     G       D
Aha me boys a didleiday

Well oh, Lukeys boat's got a fine for cuddy (?)
Ha me boys
Lukeys boats got a fine for cuddy
And every seam is chinked with putty
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday

Well I says Lukey the blinds are down
Ha  me boys
I says Lukey the blinds are down
Me wife is dead and she's underground
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday

Well I says Lukey I don't care
Ha me boys
I says Lukey I don't care
I'll get me another in the spring of the year
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday

Oh Lukeys rolling out his grub
Ha me boys
Lukeys rolling out his grub
One split pea, and a ten pound tub
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday

Well Lukeys boats got high topped sails
Ha me boys
Lukeys boats got high topped sails
The sheet was planked with copper nails
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday

Lukeys boat is painted green
Ha me boys
Lukeys boat is painted green
Its the prettiest boat that you've ever seen
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday
Aha me boys a diddleiday