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12-string Guitar: Come Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl (Including lyrics and chords)

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Channel: threelegsoman · 2010 · Entertainment

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To confirm the lyrics of 'Deep Blue Sea', I had to refer to my LPs of the Spinners, so am taking the opportunity to record some more of their songs that have hitherto eluded my memory. This is a very old English drinking song to which there are probably many more verses depending on which part of the country you hale from, these being the ones the Spinners sing on their album 'The English Collection'.

Come Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl
Traditional 
No capo

C                                                                G                      C      
Come landlord fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over       
                                                                   G                     C                                                                                                                                                                                   
Come landlord fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over
                             F                           G                                     C
For tonight we'll merry merry be, for tonight we'll merry merry be
                             F                                G                          C           
For tonight we'll merry merry be. Tomorrow we'll be sober

The man who'd kiss the pretty girl and go and tell his mother
The man who'd kiss the pretty girl and go and tell his mother
Ought to have his lips cut off, ought to have his lips cut off
Ought to have his lips cut off and never kiss another

For tonight we'll merry merry be, for tonight we'll merry merry be
For tonight we'll merry merry be. Tomorrow we'll be sober

The man who drinks his small ale and goes to bed right sober
The man who drinks his small ale and goes to bed right sober
Fades as the leaves do fade, fades as the leaves do fade
Fades as the leaves do fade and drop off in October

But the man who drinks his real ale and goes to bed right mellow
But the man who drinks his real ale and goes to bed right mellow
Lives as he ought to live, lives as he ought to live
Lives as he ought to live and dies a jolly good fellow

Come landlord fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over
Come landlord fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over
For tonight we'll merry merry be, for tonight we'll merry merry be
For tonight we'll merry merry be. Tomorrow we'll be sober

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