• Song:

    Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice

  • Artist:

    Hamish Imlach

  • Album:

    Cod Liver Oil And Orang...

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 (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G	       EM
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man,
	C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C		GOhhoohh, (320003@1)all the way from Brigton 
       EM      EM       GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.


 2)     EM    	        C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)            EM
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic,
 C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
EM             EM                     GAahhahh, (320003@1)what a hell of a mixture,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

'Sex rears its ugly head now!"

3)      EM    	   C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)          EM
Does this bus go to the Danister Parlae
C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)                 GOhhoohh, (320003@1)I'm lookin' for a lumber,
EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

 "Eyes up the talent, and lo, and behold..."

4)      EM       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           EM
  In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary,
C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)                GOhhohh, (320003@1)the flo(w)er o' the Gorbels,
EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

Spoken: "He chats her up.."

5)     EM           C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)          EM
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?"
C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)                       G"Oh, (320003@1)no, it's jest the way I'm standin'"
EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

"Rebuffed!"

6)     EM       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                  EM
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million",
C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)"Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

"Rebuffed again!"

7)     EM       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)             EM
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame?
C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
EM               EM              GAahhaahh," (320003@1)yer hell of a funny..."
	G (320003@1)         B7 (x21202@1)   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 (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            EM 
Well, doon through the back close, and intae the dunny,
   C (x32010@1)         C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)        B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

9)     EM   	         C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                     EM 
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie 
C (x32010@1)       C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, I half-buggered off Sharpish
  EM         EM           GAhhahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)B7 (x21202@1)   EM
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
 

10)     EM              C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)              EM 
        Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man
  C (x32010@1)       C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
    EM         EM           GAahhaahh, (320003@1)Sahara under a camel
	G (320003@1)B7 (x21202@1)   EM 
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

11)     EM       C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)          EM 
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby,
C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
EM         EM           GAahhaahh, (320003@1)glory hallelujah,
	G (320003@1)B7 (x21202@1)   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

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