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
[A] [EM] [A] [EM]
1) EM C G EM
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man,
C C G
Ohhoohh, all the way from Brigton
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
2) EM C G EM
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic,
C C G
Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
EM EM G
Aahhahh, what a hell of a mixture,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
'Sex rears its ugly head now!"
3) EM C G EM
Does this bus go to the Danister Parlae
C C G
Ohhoohh, I'm lookin' for a lumber,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Eyes up the talent, and lo, and behold..."
4) EM C G EM
In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary,
C C G
Ohhohh, the flo(w)er o' the Gorbels,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Spoken: "He chats her up.."
5) EM C G EM
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?"
C C G
"Oh, no, it's jest the way I'm standin'"
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Rebuffed!"
6) EM C G EM
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million",
C C G
"Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
"Rebuffed again!"
7) EM C G EM
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame?
C C G
Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
EM EM G
Aahhaahh," yer hell of a funny..."
G B7 EM
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,
C C G
Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
9) EM C G EM
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie
C C G
Ohhoohh, I half—buggered off Sharpish
EM EM G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
10) EM C G EM
Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man
C C G
Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
EM EM G
Aahhaahh, Sahara under a camel
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice
11) EM C G EM
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby,
C C G
Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
EM EM G
Aahhaahh, glory hallelujah,
G B7 EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Hmm... Those chords don't do it from me... I played along with my copy of Hamish'
version, and came up with these. For the talking bits, alternate between [Em] and
[A]. Mr. Imlach only needs one [A] but I cannae talk that fast...
http://www.myspace.com/lookinforalumber
http://www.theballadeers.com/scots/hi_01.htm