mrs mcgrath the sergeant said would you like a soldier of your son ted with a scarlet coat and a big cocked hat mrs mcgrath would you like that with your too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with your too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa now mrs mcgrath lived on the shore and after seven years or more she spied a ship come into the bay with her son from far away o captain dear where have ya been you been sailing the mediterranean have you news of my son ted is he living or is he dead with your too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa then came ted without any legs and in their place two wooden pegs she kissed him a dozen times or two and said my god ted is it you were ya drunk or were ya blind when ya left your two fine legs behind or was it walking upon the sea that wore your two fine legs away with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa now i wasn t drunk and i wasn t blind when i left my two fine legs behind a cannonball on the fifth of may tore my two fine legs away  my teddy boy the widow cried your two fine legs were yer mother s pride stumps of a tree won t do at all why didn t ya run from the cannonball with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa all foreign wars i do proclaim live on blood and a mother s pain i d rather have my son as he used to be than the king of america and his whole navy with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa with a too ri aa fol ded dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa a too ri aa fol did dle di aa too ri oo ri oo ri aa