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I'm a young married man and I'm tired of my life,
For lately I've married an ailing old wife;
She does nothing all day but sit down and sigh,
See, I wish to the Lord that I only could die.
Doctor, O Doctor, O dear Doctor John,
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil,
If me wife keeps on drinking your cod liver oil.
Well, a friend of me own came to see me one day,
And he told me my wife was just pining away;
And he also told me that she would get strong,
If I bought her a bottle from dear Doctor John.
Doctor, O Doctor, O dear Doctor John,
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil,
If me wife keeps on drinking your cod liver oil.
I bought her a bottle, 'twas just for a try,
And the way that she drank it, you'd swear she was dry;
I bought her another, it went just the same,
Till I know she's got cod liver oil on the brain.
Doctor, O Doctor, O dear Doctor John,
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil,
If me wife keeps on drinking your cod liver oil.
My house it resembles a big doctor's shop,
With bottles and bottles from bottom to top;
And when in the morning the kettle do boil,
You would swear it was singing 'bout cod liver oil.
Doctor, O Doctor, O dear Doctor John,
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm afraid of me life, I'll go down in the soil,
If me wife keeps on drinking your cod liver oil.
Collected by Ken Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.48-49, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
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As arranged by Fine Crowd (Poverty's Arse, Self-Produced, 1965)
(Capo 3rd fret)
Intro: [Am] [Em] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] [Em] [Am]
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of my life,
For [Em] lately I've married an ailing old wife;
She does [Am] nothing all day but [C] sit down and [G] sigh,
See, I [Am] wish to the Lord that I [Em] only could [Am] die.
Chorus:
Oh Doctor, Oh Doctor, dear Doctor John,
Your [Em] cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm a- [Am] fraid of me life, I'll go [C] down in the [G] soil,
If me [Am] wife keeps on drinking your [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
Well, a friend of me own came to see me one day,
And he [Em] told me my wife was just pining away;
And he [Am] also told me that [C] she would get [G] strong,
If I [Am] bought her a bottle from [Em] dear Doctor [Am] John.
Chorus:
Oh Doctor, Oh Doctor, dear Doctor John,
Your [Em] cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm a- [Am] fraid of me life, I'll go [C] down in the [G] soil,
If me [Am] wife keeps on drinking your [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
I bought her a bottle, 'twas just for a try,
And the [Em] way that she drank it, you'd swear she was dry;
I [Am] bought her another, it [C] went just the [G] same,
Till I [Am] know she's got cod liver [Em] oil on the [Am] brain.
Chorus:
Oh Doctor, Oh Doctor, dear Doctor John,
Your [Em] cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm a- [Am] fraid of me life, I'll go [C] down in the [G] soil,
If me [Am] wife keeps on drinking your [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
My house it resembles a big doctor's shop,
With [Em] bottles and bottles from bottom to top;
And [Am] when in the morning the [C] kettle do [G] boil,
You would [Am] swear it was singing 'bout [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
Chorus:
Oh Doctor, Oh Doctor, dear Doctor John,
Your [Em] cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm a- [Am] fraid of me life, I'll go [C] down in the [G] soil,
If me [Am] wife keeps on drinking your [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
[Am] [Em] [Am]
Chorus:
Oh Doctor, Oh Doctor, dear Doctor John,
Your [Em] cod liver oil is so pure and so strong;
I'm a- [Am] fraid of me life, I'll go [C] down in the [G] soil,
If me [Am] wife keeps on drinking your [Em] cod liver [Am] oil.
~ Chords contributed by Bob Dumais ~
