Kissing Of The Sheriffs Wife Chords & Lyrics - Misc Unsigned Bands - Darby Ogill

[E]Well me name it is Michael and[A] I’ve lived in Dublin all me life

[E]My father was a [A]farmer and me [E]mother was the [B7]farmers [E]wife

[E]They raised them up a family of girls to number [A]twenty-one

[E]Of which I am the[A] youngest and me[E] blessed [B7]father’s only [E]son

[E]Now living with so many girls ye’d [E]think me hair’d be in curls

[A]Ye’d think I’d [E]wear a [A]scarf and [E]have me [A]earrings [E]set with [B7]pretty [E]pearls

[E]Oh, but I am a master of a [A]man with manly passion


[E]And I [A]always kiss th[E]e girls in a ve[B7]ry manly[E] fashion

[E]I wear a manly mustache and I [A]drink me whiskey manly-like

[A]And all me [E]friends’ll [A]warn ye not to [A]pick a row with [B7]"manly [E]Mike”

[E]Last week I kissed the sheriffs’ wife; [A]she kissed me back with little strife

[E]She swore it [A]was the [E]finest kiss[A] she’d [E]ever had in [B7]all her [E]life

[E]But the sheriff saw the kissin’ and [A]he swore upon his station

[E]He’d use his [A]legal [E]powers to [A]change [E]my s[B7]ituat[E]ion

[E]He went to the magistrate and [A]told him of my rampage

When [E]drunk, I[A] fell [E]upon his [A]wife and [E]took u[B7]nfair a[E]dvantage

[E]He swore that I had pulled a knife and[A] put it to his pretty wife

[A]And charged [E]her for a k[A]iss or [E]else I’d [A]disengage [E]her [B7]very [E]life

[E]Aye, and other wrongful charges he [E]drew up without true evidence

[A]And thus [E]convinced t[A]he magist[E]rate that [A]I should [E]pay a [B7]recompen[E]se

[E]Well I had to stand the trial be[A]cause I refused to pay the fine

I s[A]miled when it [E]turn out, the [A]magistrate;[E] he was a [B7]friend [E]of mine

[E]Your honor, Mister Cassidy if [A]you have the capacity

[E]I’ll [A]give b[E]ack the [A]kiss I s[E]tole and[A] thus [E]prove my v[B7]arassit[E]y

[E]Well the sheriff’s wife was willin’, and [A]the sheriff had to curse and swear

[E]As I [A]kissed the s[E]heriff’s[A] wife in t[E]he co[A]urtroom [E]from the [B7]witness [E]chair

[E]Well, Ma’am, says the magistrate, is [A]that the kiss you lost before?

[E]Well, says s[A]he: I’m[E] not quite [A]sure; [E]perhaps if [A]I could [B7]try one [E]more

[E]Then she kissed me without ration, a [A]kiss of carnal passion

[E]‘Till [A]all the [E]girls were [A]blushin’ and the [E]sheriff’s [B7]teeth were [E]gnashin’

[E]Araugh, proclaimed the magistrate, a [A]clearer case I never saw

[E]For bo[A]th of yo[E]u are guilt[A]y of crimes not c[E]overed by [B7]the law [E]

[E]To sentence you at all or to render a[A] conviction

[E]As muc[A]h as som[E]e might lik[A]e it it’s not in [E]my jurisdi[B7]ction [E]

[E]So I said to the gallery I’ll spend m[A]e next month’s salary

[E]To cel[A]ebrate a[E]cross the s[A]treet in the tave[E]rn of O’Ma[B7]llery [E]

[E]Sure and anyone who comes they can he[A]lp me drink away my sin

[E]And ev[A]eryone’s[E] invited. .[A] . but do not let[E] the sheri[B7]ff in [E]

[E]Well, we all rushed across the street[A] in high anticipation

[E]To cel[A]ebrate t[E]he famous j[A]ustice of the Iri[E]sh nation [B7] [E]

[E]The word went round that drinks were [A]free and people came from miles to see

[E]The fa[A]rmer’s s[E]on who’d wo[A]n the day and kis[E]sed his wa[B7]y to libert[E]y

[E]Well by twos and by threes we all rus[A]hed into the drinkin’ hall

[E]Young [A]men and [E]old men and[A] girls who were n[E]ot men at [B7]all [E]

[E]And we drank all the beer that me mon[A]thly wage would cover

[E]Then M[A]ichael C[E]onway said [A]that he would pay[E] for yet a[B7]nother [E]

[E]When that was finish, Ill be bound, e[A]ach other man put up a pound

[E]And we[A] drank u[E]ntil we cou[A]ldn’t lift a glas[E]s to drink[B7] another ro[E]und

[E]Then we all staggered home by the lig[A]ht upon the summer moon

[E]And no[A] one tha[E]t was there[A] that night got o[E]ut of bed [B7]‘till after[E] noon

[E]And that was the day I’ll remember fo[A]ndly all me life

[E]The da[A]y that m[E]ade me famo[A]us for the Kissin[E]’ Of the S[B7]heriff’s Wi[E]fe