Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Text D A D Oh me name is Dick Darby I’m a cobbler I C served me time at Old Camp D G D Some call me an old agitator But now I’m A D resolved to repent D A D With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh C With me ing-twing of an ing-thing i-day D G D With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy A D And me lap stone keeps beating away
D A D Now me Father was hung for sheep stealing Me C Mother was burned for a witch D G D Me Sister’s a dandy house keeper And I’m a A D mechanical switch D A D With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh C With me ing-twing of an ing-thing i-day D G D With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy A D And me lap stone keeps beating away D A D Ah, it’s forty long years I have travelled C All by the contents of me pack D G D Me hammers, me awls and me pinchers I carry A D them all on me back D A D With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh C With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day D G D With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy A D And me lap stone keeps beating away D A D Oh, me wife she is humpy, she’s lumpy C Me wife she’s the devil, she’s cracked D G D And no matter what I may do with her Her A D tongue it goes clickety-clack D A D With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh C With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day D G D With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy A D And me lap stone keeps beating away D A D It was early one fine summer’s morning C A little before it was day D G D I dipped her three times in the river And A D carelessly bade her ‘Good Day!’ D A D With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-doh C With me ing-twing of an ing-thing of an i-day D G D With me roo boo boo, roo boo boo randy A D And me lap stone keeps beating away