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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3"Seven Drunken Nights" - as played by The Dubliners [Verse 1] D D G D As I went home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be G I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her, “Will you kindly tell to me D Bm Em A D Who owns that horse outside the door, where my old horse should be?” [Chorus 1] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That’s a lovely sow, that me mother sent to me!“ D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before.“ [Verse 2] D D G D And as I went home on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw a coat behind the door, where my old coat should be. D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her, “Will you kindly tell to me D Bm Em A D Who, owns that coat behind the door, where my old coat should be?" [Chorus 2] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That’s a woollen blanket that me mother sent to me." D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before." [Verse 3] D D G D And as I went home on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old pipe should be. D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D Bm Em A D Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be?" [Chorus 3] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That’s a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me." D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But, tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before." [Verse 4] D D G D And as I went home on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw two boots beneath the bed, where my old boots should be. D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D Bm Em A D Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?" [Chorus 4] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D They’re two lovely geranium pots my mother sent to me." D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But laces in geranium pots sure I never saw before." [Verse 5] D D G D And as I went home on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw a head upon the bed, where my old head should be. D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D Bm Em A D Who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be?" [Chorus 5] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That’s a baby boy that me mother sent to me." D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before." [Verse 6] D D G D And as I went home on Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw two hands upon her breasts, where my old hands should be D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me? D Bm Em A D Who owns them hands upon your breasts where my old hands should be?" [Chorus 6] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That's a lovely night gown that me mother sent to me" D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But fingers in a night gown sure I never saw before." [Verse 7] D D G D As I went home on Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be, G I saw a thing in her thing where my old thing should be D G Well, I called me wife and I said to her: "Will you kindly tell to me? D Bm Em A D Who owns that thing in your thing where my old thing should be?" |Chorus 7] D D G D “Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see A D That's a lovely tin whistle that mother sent to me D G D "Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more A D But hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before!"