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Wee Cooper O Fife by Burl Ives - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]
A


[Verse 1]
      A                    D        A
There was a wee cooper wha lived in Fife,
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
A               D      A
He had gotten a gentle wife,
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo.


[Verse 2]
                       D        A
She would na bake, she would na brew
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
        A              D      A
For the spilin' o' her comely hue.
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo.


[Verse 3]
                       D        A
She would na card, she would na spin
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
        A              D      A
For the shamin' o' her gentle kin,
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo.


[Verse 4]
                       D        A
The cooper has gone to his woo' shack,
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
    A                   D                A
And put a sheep's skin across his wife's back.
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo.


[Verse 5]
                                D      A
"I will na thrash sheep or your gentle kin,
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
    A                D         A
But I will thrash my ain sheepskin."
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo.


[Verse 6]
                     D      A
Now ye, wha gotten a gentle wife
                  E7
Nickety, nackety, noo, noo, noo;
     A                   D         A
Just send ye for the wee cooper o' Fife
           E7        A
Hey, willy wallacky, hey, John Dougal,
                    D         A
Alane, quo rushety, roo, roo, roo. 
        

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