Dubliners, All For Me Grog (1967)
Key: :[F] (w: Traditional)

CHORUS:
And it's [F] all for me grog, me [Bb] jolly jolly [F] grog
[F] All for me beer and to-[C]-bacco
For I've [F] spent all me tin, with the [Bb] ladies drinking [F] gin
Far a-[F]-cross the western [C] ocean, I must [C7] wan-[F]-der

VERSE 1:
[F] Where are me boots, me [Bb] noggin' noggin' [F] boots
[F] All gone for beer and to-[C]-bacco
For the [F] uppers are worn out, and the [Bb] soles a kicked a-[F]-bout
And the [F] heels are looking [C] out for better [C7] weat-[F]-her

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VERSE 2:
[F] Where is me shirt, me [Bb] noggin' noggin' [F] shirt
[F] All gone for beer and to-[C]-bacco
For the [F] colour is all worn, and the [Bb] front it is all [F]-bout
And the [F] tail is looking [C] out for better [C7] weat-[F]-her

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INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 3:
I'm [F] sick in the head and I [Bb] haven't been to [F] bed
[F] Since first I came ashore with me [C] plunder
I've seen [F] centipedes and snakes, and my [Bb] head is full off [F] aches
And I'll [F] have to make a [C] path for way out [C7] yon-[F]-der

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ADDITIONAL INFO:

All For Me Grog is a traditional folk song that was originally popular with sailors and later adopted by folk music performers and pub singers. It was collected by George Gardiner in 1906 (118 years old as of 2024) under the title "The Nobby Hat".[3] James Madison Carpenter collected a version in c 1928 as "All for the Grog".[4] In 1961 A. L. Lloyd and Alf Edwards recorded the song on an E.P. by Topic Records.[5]

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