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D7
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[Verse 1]
G                                   D7           G
I'm a broken-hearted keel-man whats ower heed in love
       D                             Em           D
With a big lass from Gateshead and I call her my dove
    G                                  Am          D
Her name's Cushie Butterfield and she sells yellow clay
         G          Am               D            G
And her cousin's a muck-man and they call him Tom Grey


[Chorus]
            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here


[Verse 2]
G                                D7           G
Her eyes is like two holes in a blanket burnt through
        D                         Em          D
And her breath of a morning would knock out a coo
    G                                 Am      D
And when I hear her shoutin', Will ye buy any clay
       G          Am                 D           G
Like a candyman's trumpet, steals my young heart away


[Chorus]
            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here


[Verse 3]
G                                         D7            G
You'll oft see her doon Sandgate when the fresh herring comes in
             D                        Em           D
She's like a bag full of sawdust tied roon' with a string
    G                                     Am       D
She wears big galoshes, and her stockin's once was white
        G            Am                  D     G
And her bedgoon it's lilac and her hat's never straight


[Chorus]
            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here


[Verse 4]
G                               D7         G
When I axed her to marry us she started to laugh
     D                                Em           D
Noo, none of your monkey tricks for I take no such chaff
         G                          Am            D
Then she started a-bubbling and she roared like a bull
         G          Am            D          G
And the lads on the Quay says I's nowt but a fool

[Chorus]
            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here

[Verse 5]
G                                     D7         G
She says, The lad that gets us has to work every day
    D                                       Em            D
And when he comes home at nigh he'll have to gan and seek clay
                   G                     Am       D
And when he's away seekin' it I'll make balls and sing
   G            A                D         G
Oh well may the keel row that my laddie's in


[Chorus] 
            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here

            G
She's a.... big lass and a bonny lass
    C             D7
And she likes her beer
         G               Am
And they call her Cushie Butterfield
      D            G
And I wish she was here