{t:Lily The Pink}
{st:The Scaffold (1968), Irish Rovers (1969)}
{soc}
[G7]We'll...... [C]drink, a drink, a drink,
To Lily the [G]pink, the pink, the pink,
The savior of the human [C]race,
For she invented, medicinal [G]compound,
Most efficacious, in every [C]case [C]↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 1}
Mr. [C]Freers, had sticky out [G]ears,
And it made him awful [C]shy,
And so they gave him, medicinal [G]compound,
And now he's learning how to [C]fly
{c:verse 2}
Brother [C]Tony, was known to be [G]bony
He would never eat his [C]meals
And so they gave him, medicinal [G]compound
Now they move him round on [C]↓ wheels
{soc}
[G7]We'll...... [C]drink, a drink, a drink,
To Lily the [G]pink, the pink, the pink,
The savior of the human [C]race,
For she invented, medicinal [G]compound,
Most efficacious, in every [C]case [C]↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 3}
Old Ebe-[C]nezer thought he was Julius [G]Caesar
And so they put him in a [C]home
Where they gave him, medicinal [G]compound
And now he's emperor of [C]Rome
{c:verse 4}
Johnny [C]Hammer, had a terrible st-st-st-st-[G]stammer,
He could hardly s-s-say a [C]word,
And so they gave him, medicinal [G]compound,
Now he's seen, but never [C]↓ heard
{soc}
[G7]We'll...... [C]drink, a drink, a drink,
To Lily the [G]pink, the pink, the pink,
The savior of the human [C]race,
For she invented, medicinal [G]compound,
Most efficacious, in every [C]case [C]↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 5}
Auntie [C]Milly, ran willy [G]nilly,
When her legs they did [C]recede,
So they looked on, medicinal [G]compound,
Now they call her Mili-[C]pede
{c:verse 6}
Jennifer [C]Eccles, had terrible [G]freckles
And the boys all called her [C]names
But she changed with medicinal [G]compound
Now he joins in all the [C]↓ games
{soc}
[G7]We'll...... [C]drink, a drink, a drink,
To Lily the [G]pink, the pink, the pink,
The savior of our human [C]race,
For she invented, medicinal [G]compound,
Most efficacious, in every [C]case [C]↓
{eoc}
{c:verse 7}
Lily the [C]Pink, she turned to [G]drink
She filled up with parafin in-[C]side
And despite her medicinal [G]compound
Sadly Piccalilli [C]died
{c:verse 8 (slowly)}
Up to [C]heaven her soul a-[G]scended
All the church bells they did [C]ring
She took with her medicinal [G]compound
Hark the herald angels [C]sing
{soc}
[G7]We'll...... [C]drink, a drink, a drink,
To Lily the [G]pink, the pink, the pink,
The savior of our human [C]race,
For she invented, medicinal [G]compound,
Most efficacious, in every [C]case.
{eoc}
