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Sing Away Ladies (Morrison​/​Duffy​/​Trad​.​)

from The Daddy​-​O Trilogy by Nick Duffy & Angeline Morrison

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If a folksong might be defined as a song with no definitive version then there can be no cover versions of it. Alternatively, all folk songs are cover versions. Both are valid positions. This version of the 'Daddy-O' template began when I played a wrong chord and the tune took an unexpected turn. It continued when Angeline suggested we rewrite the verses, locating the action in our shared homeland, Birmingham.

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Me and my brother on a bus to town
Fox & Goose and a half a crown
Goose cub fight and foxling fuss
Chuck my brother right off that bus

O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio
O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio

My old granny with the long black teeth
She was sitting up a tree in Washwood Heath
Police come to hose her down
Chase her all the way to Stechford town

O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio
O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio

Brother come home with blistered feet
Face as long as Livery Street

O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio
O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddio

O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me daddy
O don't you rock me daddio
Don't you rock me dad

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from The Daddy​-​O Trilogy, released February 3, 2017

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