D Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years ago, A And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe, G A My wife she is a tyrant, around the room and in D Ah she'd sell me to the devil for a glass or two of gin. (Bob) D Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man, A and she'll get up an' dress herself and go and have her dram, G A and if I chance to say a word it's well I know my doom, D she'll follow me with the firing shovel up and down the room. [chorus] D G D G D And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, G D A Asus4 I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again G D G D And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, D G A D Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again. (Darrell/Murray) D When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head, A when I come home at Dinnertime I'll find her drunk in bed, G A when I come home at suppertime with patience I must stop, D Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slops. [chorus] D G D G D And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, G D A Asus4 I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again G D G D And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, D G A D Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again. (Séan) D Well once I asked me scolding wife If I could go to bed, A She scarce gave me an hour upon the pillow to lay me head, G A when like a roarin' lion she come busting down the door, D she caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor. [chorus] D G D G D And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, G D A Asus4 I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again G D G D And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, D G A D Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again. "Cook in the Galley Jig": D A G A D A G A D X2 (All) D Now me and my companions go to a public place, A She'll search around the neigbourhood until she finds my face. G A she'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company, D saying "pettycoats is your master and forever more shall be!" [chorus] D G D G D And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, G D A Asus4 I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again G D G D And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, D G A D Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again. D G D G D And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, G D A Asus4 I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again G D G D And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, D G A D Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again. N.C. And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain, N.C. I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again N.C. And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain, N.C. Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again... The verses of this song are a drone kept by a squeezebox and bodhran. Chords are those implied.The acoustic guitar comes in for the choruses, actually entering with the downbeat on "and..".