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Version 1[Verse 1] G C G Oh, me name is Dick Darby, I'm a cobbler G F I served my time at ould camp G C G Some call me an old agi-tator G D G But now I'm resolved to repent [Chorus] G C G With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe G F With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day G C G With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy G D G And me lab stone keeps beating away [Verse 2] G C G Ah, me father was hung for sheep stealing G F Me mother was burned for a witch G C G Me sister's a dandy house-keeper G D G And I'm a mechanical switch [Chorus] G C G With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe G F With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day G C G With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy G D G And me lab stone keeps beating away [Verse 3] G C G Now 'tis forty long years I have traveled G F All by the contents of me pack G C G Me hammers, me awls and me pinchers G D G I carry them all on me back [Chorus] G C G With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe G F With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day G C G With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy G D G And me lab stone keeps beating away [Verse 4] G C G Oh, me wife she is humpy, she's lumpy G F Me wife she's the devil, she's black G C G And no matter what I may do with her G D G Her tongue, it goes clickety-clack [Chorus] G C G With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe G F With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day G C G With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy G D G And me lab stone keeps beating away [Verse 5] G C G It was early one fine summer's morning G F A little before it was day G C G I dipped her three times in the river G D G And carelessly bade her "Good day" [Chorus] G C G With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doe G F With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day G C G With me roo-boo-boo roo-boo-boo randy G D G And me lab stone keeps beating away