***Skipping Rhymes - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "The Crock Of Gold"

Skipping Rhymes - - as perfomed by Shane MacGowan and The Popes

   C*           C*
We put the hood round his head
F*               G*
Then we shot the bastard dead
       C
With a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
G               C
Send the stupid bastards home
F
The nation's gonna rise again
C
The nation's gonna rise again
F
The nation's gonna rise again
G
The nation's gonna rise again

C                       G
Tur ra lur ra laddy got pissed in Limavaddy
      C                                 G
Got a kicking from the locals there's a bunch of drunken paddys

With a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Send the stupid bastards home

The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again

C*          C*           
I shot one, I shot two,
F*                  G*
I shot three that's more than you
With a nick nack paddy wack give a dog a bone
Send the stupid bastards home

The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again
The nation's gonna rise again