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(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

He sullied my name so I put him to sleep

[He called out my dead name so I lay him to sleep]
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(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

Buried under the hill is a fella' I killed,
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(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

I opened his throat for he looked at me ill

[He relinquished his life when he libeled my girl]
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(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

                               C#
Hidden under my bed there's a woman I wed

[Hidden under my bed, there's a lad I once wed]
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(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)
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She was too hard to please, harder still now she's dead

[He kept me locked in his room so I chopped off his head]
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(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)


Deep down under the sea, a crew of twenty-three
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(Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)

Those that see them now know from my banners to flee
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(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)

{All Together}
So tell all who await that our temper is great
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Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay

Those who don't heed the word cast their hand to their fate
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(Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day)