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The beer was expensive but the laughter was free
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Oh how we do love to all be beside the sea.  

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Albert had a cousin named Marjorie
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And I had been noticing that she had noticed me.
C            Eb7      G  (Gmaj7)  E
I quickly decided if she didn't mind
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I would spend the day in her gay company.

We shared a plate of whelks strolling side by side.
I said she weren't too old to take a donkey ride
But I didn't mind when she laughed and said no
So we paused for a while and listened to the minstrel show.

There was a notice at the Palace Pier
It said there was to be a dance that night and it wasn't dear.
I explained of course that I could only waltz
And so we waltzed to every tune they played.

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D | D)   | G         | G7 |
C | Eb7  | G (Gmaj7) | E  |
A | D    | G         |(G run)


Nine o'clock come round we had to take the charabanc
Albert was too drunk to play the banjo but still we sang
All except Marjorie, I could tell at a glance
Because me and Albert was leaving for France.

I said "We'll both be home in a week or two
Me and Albert and Lord Kitchener will teach the Hun a thing or two.
I'm sure to return, after me do not yearn
And we will waltz together all our lives through."


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C(2)    x32013
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