The Loo Song Chords & Lyrics - The Corries

[VERSE]
I w[G]as born in Arkansas, me [C]mammy was a squaw,
pap[G]py hailed from [D]Timbuktu,
the[G]re’s one thing I recall that I h[C]ated most of all,
was[G] that little[D] green shed,[G] our loo.

It [C]had a Cedar shingle roof, I swear t[G]hat was the truth,
hin[G]ges all rusting and [D]corroding,
‘tw[G]as a ghastly shade of green, the w[C]orst you’ve ever seen,
it [G]stood there at th[D]e bottom of t[G]he garden.

[VERSE]
Wel[G]l, one day when I was six, I was chopping[C] at some sticks,
whe[G]n a nasty little gleam came [D]to my eye,
I r[G]an down to the john and shoved [C]it off the lawn
int[G]o the river f[D]lowing gent[G]ly by.

[VERSE]
Soo[G]n my Pappy called my name, he yelled "[C]Hey, what's ya game ?"
Why[G] did you shove our privy i[D]n the drink ?
Wel[G]l, then I shook with fear and s[C]hed a little tear,
I s[G]aid, it wasn’t[D] me, I didn’t [G]think.

[VERSE]
The[G]n my Pappy told to me, how George Washington[C] felled the tree,
the[G]n he went and owned up s[D]traight away.
And[G] because he told the truth, that hone[C]st youth foresooth,
his[G] Pappy didn’t [D]punish him [G]that day.

[VERSE]
Wel[G]l, me being a little green, I thought I'd[C] best come clean,
so [G]I told my Pappy how I sank [D]that shack.
Wel[G]l, with a rebel cry of glee he hauled [C]me o’er his knee,
pro[G]ceeded to wop[D] me blue an[G]d black.

[VERSE]
It [C]had a Cedar shingle roof, I swear tha[G]t was the truth,
hin[G]ges all rusting and [D]corroding,
‘tw[G]as a ghastly shade of green, the worst y[C]ou’ve ever seen,
it [G]stood there at th[D]e bottom of the [G]garden.

[VERSE]
Sin[G]ce I hadn’t told a lie, I asked [C]my Pappy, why ?
He [G]sat there and he answered wi[D]th a frown.
Wel[G]l, George Washington’s pappy, he, wasn’t sitt[C]ing in the tree,
when [G]that little [D]bastard we[G]nt and choppe[C]d [G]it down.