Mother Glasgow

E A E E A B In the second city of the Empire A B E A E Mother Glasgow watches all her weans E A B Trying hard to feed her little starlings A B E A E Unconsciously she clips their little wings A B E Mother Glasgow's succour is perpetual F# E B E B Nestling the Billy and the Tim E F# A B I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo A B E A E A E To try to catch a fish that couldnae swim E A B Among the silent bells and flightless birdies A B E A E Father Glasgow knows his starlings well E A B But He will make his own way up to heaven A B E A E By waltzing all his charges in to hell A B E Mother Glasgow's succour is perpetual F# E B E B Nestling the Billy and the Tim E F# A B I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo A B E A E To try to catch a fish that couldnae swim A B E Mother Glasgow's succour is perpetual F# E B E B Nestling the Billy and the Tim E F# A B I dreamt I took a dander with St. Mungo A B E A E To try to catch a fish that couldnae swim C#m And the tree C And the fish E And the bird F# And the bell... A B F# B E Let Glasgow Flourish!