Salonika

A song in the key of G

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Abc sheet music for Salonika
X:2317 T:Salonika R:song D:Dubliners Z:id:hn-song-145 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 K:G d2d | d2d G2B | ddd- dcB | A2G F2G | A3- A dd | d2e f2e | d2c A2F | GAB A2G | F2 D E2F | G3- G3- | G2B A2G | A3- A3- | A3- A2 d | d2e f2e | ded B2d | c2A F2A | G3 || W:Oh, me husband's in Salonika and I wonder if he's dead, W:And I wonder if he knows he has a kid with a foxy head, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:When the war is over what will the slackers do? W:They'll be all around the soldiers for the loan of a bob or two, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:And when the war is over what will the soldiers do? W:They'll be walking around with a leg and a half, and the slackers they'll have two, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:[Well first they tax the sugar, and then they tax the tae, W:And then they brought conscription and took my man away, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy.] W: W:They taxed the pound of butter and they taxed the ha'penny bun, W:And still with all their taxes they can't beat the bloody Hun, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:They taxed the Coliseum and they taxed St. Mary's Hall. W:Why don't they tax the bobbies with their backs against the wall? W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:When the war is over what will the slackers do? W:For every kid in America, in Cork there will be two, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:They takes us out to blarney and they lays us on the grass, W:They puts us in the family way and they leaves us on our arse, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:There's lino in the parlour and in the kitchen too, W:And a lovely glass back chiffonier we got from Dickie Drew, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy. W: W:Oh, never marry a soldier, a sailor, or a marine, W:But keep your eye on the Sinn Fein boy with his yellow, white and green, W:So right away, so right away, W:So right away Salonika, right away me soldier boy.
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