Cod Liver Oil

I'm a [Em]young married [B7]man that is [Em]tired of life,

Ten years I have [Am]been wed to [Em]a sickly wife.

She does [G]nothing all day but sit down and [D]cry,

A [Em]praying to [B7]God she'd get [Em]better or die.

Oh Doctor, dear [B7]Doctor, Oh [Em]Doctor dear John,

Your Cod liver oil is so [Am]pure and so [Em]strong,

I'm a-[G]fraid of me life, I'd go down to the [D]still,

If me [Em]wife don't stop [B7]drinking your [Em]Cod liver oil.

Now, an [Em]old friend of [B7]mine came to [Em]see me one day,

He said that my [Am]wife, she was [Em]pinin' away.

He [G]afterwards told me that she would get [D]strong,

If I [Em]got her a [B7]bottle from [Em]Doctor, dear, John.

Oh Doctor, dear [B7]Doctor, Oh [Em]Doctor dear John,

Your Cod liver oil is so [Am]pure and so [Em]strong,

I'm a-[G]fraid of me life, I'd go down to the [D]still,

If me [Em]wife don't stop [B7]drinking your [Em]Cod liver oil.

Well, I [Em]got her a [B7]bottle, 'twas [Em]just for to try,

And the way that she [Am]drank it, you'd [Em]think she was dry;

I [G]got her another, it vanished the [D]same,

And [Em]now she's got [B7]Cod liver oil on the [Em]brain.

Oh Doctor, dear [B7]Doctor, Oh [Em]Doctor dear John,

Your Cod liver oil is so [Am]pure and so [Em]strong,

I'm a-[G]fraid of me life, I'd go down to the [D]still,

If me [Em]wife don't stop [B7]drinking your [Em]Cod liver oil.

Now, my [Em]house it re-[B7]sembles a [Em]big doctor's shop,

'Tis filled up with [Am]bottles from [Em]bottom to top,

And [G]when in the mornin' , the kettle does [D]boil,

You'd [Em]swear it was [B7]singin' out: [Em]"Cod liver oil!"

Oh Doctor, dear [B7]Doctor, Oh [Em]Doctor dear John,

Your Cod liver oil is so [Am]pure and so [Em]strong,

I'm a-[G]fraid of me life, I'd go down to the [D]still,

If me [Em]wife don't stop [B7]drinking your [Em]Cod liver oil.

Now, come [Em]all you young [B7]fellows, where [Em]e'er you may be,

I hope you will [Am]heed this fair [Em]warnin' from me,

And [G]from sickely women, I pray you re-[D]coil,

Or you'll [Em]end up a-[B7]swimmin' in [Em]Cod liver oil.

Oh Doctor, dear [B7]Doctor, Oh [Em]Doctor dear John,

Your Cod liver oil is so [Am]pure and so [Em]strong,

I'm a-[G]fraid of me life, I'd go down to the [D]still,

If me [Em]wife don't stop [B7]drinking your [Em]Cod liver oil.

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