Seven drunken nights
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1. As I went home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
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I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be.
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Well, I called me wife and I said to her, “Will you kindly tell to me,
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who owns that horse outside the door, where my old horse should be.“
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“Ha, you`re drunk, you`re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see,
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that`s a lovely sow that me mother sent to me!“
“Well, it`s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more,
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but a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before.“
2. And as I went home on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a coat behind the door, where my old coat should be.
Well,I called me wife,and I said to her,"Will you kindly tell to me,
who, owns that coat behind the door, where my old coat should be?"
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"Ha, you`re drunk, you're drunk,you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
that`s a woollen blanket that me mother sent to me."
"Well, it`s many a time I've travelled a hundred miles and more,
but buttons on a blanket sure I never saw before."
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3. And as I went home on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old pipe should be.
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be?"
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"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk,you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
that`s a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles and more,
....but, tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before."
4. And as I went home on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
....I saw two boots beneath the bed, where my old boots should be.
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?"
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"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk,you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
that`s two lovely geranium pots my mother sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles and more,
but laces on geranium pots sure I never saw before."
5. And as I went home on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a head upon the bed, where my old head should be.
Well, I called me wife and I said to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be?"
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"Ha, you're drunk, you're drunk,you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
that`s a baby boy that me mother sent to me."
"Well, it's many a day I travelled a hundred miles and more,
but a baby boy with his whiskers sure I never saw before.
By Bigman
