Текст песни с аккордами
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REVOLUTIONARY TEA
Written by: Traditional (early 19th century)
Performed by: Diane Taraz
[Verse 1]
C G
There was an old lady lived over the sea
C G
And she was an island queen.
C G
Her daughter lived off in a new country
F C G C
With an ocean of water between.
F C G C
With an ocean of water between.
[Verse 2]
C G
The old lady’s pockets were fill-ed with gold,
C G
But never contented was she;
C G
She called on her daughter to pay her a tax
F C G C
Of thruppence a pound on her tea.
F C G C
Of thruppence a pound on her tea.
[Verse 3]
C G
“Now, mother, dear mother,” the daughter replied,
C G
“I sha'n't do the thing that you ax.
C G
I’m willing to pay a fair price for the tea,
F C G C
But never the thruppenny tax.
F C G C
But never the thruppenny tax.”
[Verse 4]
C G
“You shall,” quoth the mother and reddened with rage,
C G
“For you’re my own daughter, you see;
C G
And sure ’tis quite proper the daughter should pay
F C G C
Her mother a tax on her tea.
F C G C
Her mother a tax on her tea.”
[Verse 5]
C G
And so the old lady her servant called in
C G
Then packed off a budget of tea.
C G
And eager for three pence a pound, she put in
F C G C
E--nough for a large family.
F C G C
E--nough for a large family.
[Interlude]
C G
C G
C G
F C G C
F C G C
[Verse 6]
C G
She ordered her servants to bring home the tax,
C G
Declaring her child should obey,
C G
Or, old as she was and almost woman grown,
F C G C
She’d half-whip her life away.
F C G C
She’d half-whip her life away.
[Verse 7]
C G
The tea was conveyed to the daughter’s own door,
C G
All down by the ocean’s side,
C G
And the bouncing girl poured out every pound
F C G C
In the dark and boiling tide.
F C G C
In the dark and boiling tide.
[Verse 8]
C G
And then she called out to the island queen,
C G
“Oh, mother, dear mother,” quoth she,
C G
“Your tea you may have when ’tis steep-ed enough,
F C G C
But never a tax from me.
F C G C
But never a tax from me.”
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