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Guitar and Harmonica: Rakes Of Mallow (Including lyrics and chords)

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Channel: threelegsoman · 2010 · Entertainment

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Having just uploaded a harmonica instrumental of this tune,  as promised, I have now over-recorded on that with the guitar and voice. Rakes are young bachelors who are looking for a good time in debauchery, drinking, wenching and generally getting up to all sorts of mischief until they find they have had enough of that life and marry and settle down.

Rakes of Mallow

D                                                                 A7            
Beauing, belleing, dancing, drinking, breaking windows, cursing, sinking,
D                                                 A7                          D 
Ever raking, never thinking, live the Rakes of Mallow.
D                                                                                                    A7 
Spending faster than it comes, beating waiter's bailiffs, duns,
D                                                   G           A7            D 
Bacchus' true begotten sons, live the Rakes of Mallow.


One time naught but claret drinking, then like politicians, thinking,
To raise the sinking funds when sinking live the Rakes of Mallow.
When at home, with dada dying, still for mellow water crying,
But, where there's good claret plying, live the Rakes of Mallow.  

When at home with dada dying, still for Mallow-water crying,
But where there is good claret plying live the rakes of Mallow.
Living short but merry lives, going where the devil drives,
Having sweethearts, but no wives, live the rakes of Mallow.

Racking tenants stewards teasing, swiftly spending, slowly raising,
Wishing to spend all their days in raking as at Mallow.
Then to end this raking life, they get sober, take a wife,
Ever after live in strife, and wish again for Mallow.

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