The Old Dun Cow Caught Fire
Harry Wincott 1893
INTRO: / 1 2 / 1 2 / [Dm] /[Dm]
Some [Dm] friends and I, in a public house
Were[Dm]playing domi-[C]noes one [Dm] night
When [Dm]into the[C]roomthe[Bb]barman[A]came
His [A]face all [Bb]chalky [A] white
"What’s [Dm] up,” says Brown[Dm]"Have you seen a ghost?
[Dm]Have you seen your [C]Aunt Mor-[A]iah?"
"Oh me [Dm]Aunt Mor-[C]iah be [Dm] buggered!" said[Bb] he
"The [A]bloody[Bb]pub’s on [A]fire!"EVERYONE MAKE SIREN NOISES
“On [Dm]fire," says Brown, "What a bito’luck
[Dm]Everybody [C]follow [Dm] me
[Dm]Down to the [C]cellar, if the [Bb]fire’s not [A]there
We’ll [A]have a [Bb]rare old [A]spree…"(HEE HEE!)
So we [Dm]all went down after good old Brown
[Dm]Booze we [C]could not [A]miss
And [Dm]we weren’t[C]there five[Dm]minutes or [Bb] more
‘Til[A]we were [Bb]all half[A]pissed(WHERE’S BROWN?)
CHORUS:
And[Dm] there was Brown, upside down
[Dm]Lickin’ up the [C]whiskey off the [Dm] floor
[Dm] "Booze[C]booze!" the [Bb] firemen [A] cried
As[A]they came [Bb]knockin’ at the [A] door KNOCK KNOCK
Don’t[Dm]let them in ‘til it’s all mopped up
And [Dm]somebody [C]shouted, “Macln-[A]tyre!” (MACINTYRE!)
And we [Dm]all got [C]blue-blind [Dm] paralytic [Bb] drunk
When the [A7]Old Dun Cow caught [Dm]fire[Dm]/[Dm]
Then[Dm]Smith went over to the port wine tub
[Dm] Gave it a [C]few hard [Dm]knocks <KNOCK KNOCK>
He [Dm]started [C]takin’ off his [Bb]panta-[A]loons
Like-[A]wise his [Bb]shoes and [A]socks
"Hold [Dm] on,"says Brown, "we[Dm]can’t have that
You[Dm]can’t do [C]that in [A]here
Don’t go[Dm]washin’ your [C]trotters in the [Dm]port wine [Bb]tub
When we’ve[Dm]got all[Bb] this light [A]beer(LIGHT BEER! EWW! -
WHERE’S BROWN?)
CHORUS:
Oh[Dm] there was Brown, upside down
[Dm]Lickin’ up the [C] whiskey off the [Dm] floor
[Dm] "Booze [C] booze!" the [Bb] firemen [A] cried
As [A] they came [Bb]knockin’ at the [A] door <KNOCK KNOCK>
Don’t[Dm]let them in ‘til it’s all mopped up
And [Dm] somebody [C] shouted, “Macln-[A]tyre!” (MacINTYRE!)
And we [Dm] all got [C] blue-blind [Dm] paralytic [Bb] drunk
When the [A7] Old Dun Cow caught [Dm] fire [Dm]
Just [Dm]then there camean [Dm]awful crashGO NUTS -DON’T BREAK ANYTHING
[Dm]Half the bloody [C]roof gave [Dm]way
[Dm]We were [C]drowned in the [Bb] firemen’s [A]hose
Still[A]we were [Bb]goin’ to[A]stay
So we [Dm]got some tacks and our old wet slacks
And[Dm]nailed our-[C]selves in-[A]side<KNOCK KNOCK>
And we [Dm]sat there [C]swallowin’ [Dm] pints of [Bb] stout(BURP)
‘Til[Dm]we were[Bb]bleary-[A]eyed (WHERE’S BROWN?)
CHORUS:
Oh [Dm] there was Brown, upside down
[Dm]Lickin’ up the [C] whiskey off the [Dm] floor
[Dm] "Booze [C] booze!" the [Bb] firemen [A] cried
As [A] they came [Bb]knockin’ at the [A] door <KNOCK KNOCK>
Don’t[Dm]let them in ‘til it’s all mopped up
And [Dm] somebody [C] shouted, “Macln-[A]tyre!” (MacINTYRE!)
And we [Dm] all got [C] blue-blind [Dm] paralytic [Bb] drunk
When the [A7] Old Dun Cow caught [Dm] fire [Dm]
[Dm]Later that night when the fire was out
We came [Dm] up from the [C]cellar be-[Dm]low
Our [Dm]pub was [C]burned, our [Bb]booze was [A]drunk
And our [A]heads were a-[Bb]hangin’[A]low<SOB, SOB>
“Oh [Dm]look,” says Brown, with a look quite queer
It [Dm]seemed something [C]raised his [A]ire
“We’ve [Dm]gotta get [C]down to the [Dm]Clocktower [Bb]Pub
It [Dm]closes [Bb]on the [A]hour!” (WHERE’S BROWN?)
CHORUS:
Oh[Dm] there was Brown, upside down
[Dm]Lickin’ up the [C] whiskey off the [Dm] floor
[Dm] "Booze [C] booze!" the [Bb] firemen [A] cried
As [A] they came [Bb]knockin’ at the [A] door <KNOCK KNOCK>
Don’t[Dm]let them in ‘til it’s all mopped up
And [Dm] somebody [C] shouted, “Macln-[A]tyre!” (MACINTYRE!)
And we [Dm] all got [C] blue-blind [Bb] paralytic [A] drunk
When the [A7] Old Dun [A7] Cow caught [Dm] fire <TREMOLO>