Cushie Butterfield

G D7 G 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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