A D E As I was a-walking by the banks o' the UgieA D E Come, my dear friends, and this story I'll relateA D E I spied a dear comrade all dressed in white flannelA D E A Dressed in white flannel and cruel was his fate [Verse 2]A D E Oh the mercury was beating, the limestone was reekingA D E His tongue all in flames hung over his chinA D E A hole in his bosom, his teeth were a-closingA D E A Bad luck to the girlie that gied him the glim [Chorus]A D E And had she but told me, oh when she dishonored meA D E Had she but told me of it in timeA D E I might have been cured by those pills of white mercuryA D E A Now I'm a young man cut down in my prime[Verse 3]A D E My parents, they warned me and oft times they chidedA D E With those young flash girls do not sport and playA D E I never listened, no, I never heededA D E A I just carried on in my own wicked way [Chorus]A D E And had she but told me, oh when she dishonored meA D E Had she but told me of it in timeA D E I might have been cured by those pills of white mercuryA D E A Now I'm a young man cut down in my prime [Verse 4]A D E It's down on the corner two flash girls were talkingA D E One to the other did whisper and sayA D E "There goes that young man who once was so jollyA D E A Now for his sins his poor body must pay" [Chorus]A D E And had she but told me, oh when she dishonored meA D E Had she but told me of it in timeA D E I might have been cured by those pills of white mercuryA D E A Now I'm a young man cut down in my prime [Verse 5]A D E Oh doctor, dear doctor, before your departureA D E Take all these bottles of mercury awayA D E Send for the minister to say a prayer over meA D E A So they can lay my poor body in the clay [Verse 6]A D E Now get you six fellows to carry my coffinA D E Six pretty fair maids to bear up my pallA D E Give each of them there a bunch of red rosesA D E A When they pass by me, they'll not know the smell
The Pills Of White Mercury
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