Cod Liver Oil

Am Am/E 2x Am I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life G For years I've been married to a poor sickly wife Am G She does nothin' all day but to sit there and sigh Am Em Am Wishin' and prayin' that she-ee could die Am A friend from the village was talkin' one day G I told him me wife was a-fadin' away Am G He afterwards told me that she would get strong Am Em Am If I got a bottle from old Doctor John Am Well I bought her one bottle to give her good cheer G The way that she drank it you'd swear it was beer Am G I got her a second, and it went the same Am Em Am I think she's got cod liver oil on the brain Am Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear doctor John G Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong Am G I'm afraid of me life I'll go down in the soil Am Em Am If me wife don't stop drinkin' your cod liver oil Am Well it gave her good cheer and of that there's no doubt G Each week she got better and then she got stout Am G And as she got fatter of course she got strong Am Em Am I think there's a devil in old Doctor John Am There's bottles and bottles all over the house G But as she got strong I'm as quiet as a mouse Am G I've got to the stage if the kettle should boil Am Em Em I'd swear it was singing of cod liver oil