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Mountain Dew
Traditional - I first heard the Clancy Brothers do this. With a bit of practice, the tongue twisting chorus can be repeated at the end of the song at double speed... a sure thing to wow your listeners!G C G D G
Let grasses grow and waters flow in a free and easy way,
G C G D G
But give me enough of that fine old stuff That's made near Galway Bay,
G Em
And p'licemen all from Donegal, Sligho and Leithrim too.
G C G D G
Oh, we'll give them the slip as we take a sip of the real old Mountain DewChorus:
D(7) G C
Hi dee diddly dydle dum diddly doodle dydle dum
G D G
diddly doo rye diddly aye day
D G C
Hi dee diddly dydle dum diddly doodle dydle dum
G D G
diddly doo rye diddly aye dayG C G D G
At the foot of the hill there's a neat little still where the smoke curls up to the sky,
G C G D G
By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell there's witchin' brewin' nearby
G Em
For it fills the air with odor rare, and betwixt both me and you,
G C G D G
As home we roll, we can drink a bowl of the real old mountain dew. Chorus
G C G D G
Now learned men that use the pen have wrote your praises high
G C G D G
That sweet poteen from Ireland's green distilled from wheat and rye.
G Em
Throw away yer pills, it'll cure all ills, be ye Pagan, a Christian or Jew,
G C G D G
Throw back yer coat and grease your throat with a bucketful of Mountain Dew. Chorus
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