Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: D G A D Verse 1: D D G D Well, as I came home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be G D G I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be D G So, I called me wife and I says to her, “Will you kindly tell to me D G 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 G 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 G A D But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before."
Verse 2: D D G D And as I came home on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G D G I saw a coat behind the door, where my old coat should be. D G So, I called me wife and I says to her, “Will you kindly tell to me D G 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 G 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 G A D But buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before." Verse 3: D D G D And as I came home on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G D G I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old pipe should be. D G So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D G 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 G 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 G A D But, tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before." Verse 4: D D G D And as I came home on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G D G I saw two boots beneath the bed, where my old boots should be. D G So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D G 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 G 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 G A D But laces in geranium pots sure I never saw before." Verse 5: D D G D And as I came home on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be, G D G I saw a head upon the bed, where my old head should be. D G So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me, D G 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 G 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 G A D But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before." (Repeat) D D G D "Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see G 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 G A D But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before." Outro: D G A D "But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before."