CHORDS: Alan Wilkinson – The Hartlepool Monkey Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are the chords for The Hartlepool Monkey by Alan Wilkinson on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
G
It happened in old Hartlepool
D
about the time of France
D
The Emperor Napoleon was
G
leading us a dance
G
Sailing down the coast came
  D              Am
a British man of war
D                        G
The captain's pet monkey was
washed upon the shore

[Verse 2]
G
The Lord Mayor of Hartlepool
 D
was walking on the shore
D
When he came across a funny
          G
site he'd never seen before
G
There was this little
        D              Am
fellow sitting on the sand
D
Holding up a 'nana
      G
in his tiny 'airy hand

[Chorus]
G
Old folks, young folks,
 D
every one and each
D
Come and see the Frenchie
       G
that's landed on the beach
G
He's got long arms and
great long tail,
D              Am
he's covered all in hair
D
We think that he's a spy so
     G
we'll hang him in the square

[Verse 3]
G
The Lord Mayor told
the town clerk
    D
who hurried to the shore
D
There was a little man
      G
where he had been before
G
Now a crowd had gathered
round because
  D                 Am
it was the funniest sight
D
Since the timber yard had burnt
           G
down the previous Friday night

Check out Musical Tips from our BLOG

[Chorus]
G
Old folks, young folks,
 D
every one and each
D
Come and see the Frenchie
        G
that's landed on the beach
G
He's got long arms and
great long tail,
 D                  Am
he's covered all in hair
D
We think that he's a spy
    G
so we'll hang him in the square

[Verse 4]
G                             D
Then Constable Parsons he comes
upon the scene
D
He takes out his note book and
    G
he licks his pencil clean
G
Causing a disturbance
      D           Am
is a serious offence
D                        G
Anything you say may be used
in evidence

[Chorus]
G                        D
Old folks, young folks, every
one and each
D
Come and see the Frenchie
        G
that's landed on the beach
G
He's got long arms and
great long tail,
D                   Am
he's covered all in hair
D
We think that he's a spy so
      G
we'll hang him in the square

[Verse 5]
G
But when that little man spoke
    D
a funny thing was heard
D
Constable Parsons couldn't
 G
understand a word
G
The reason for his puzzlement,
    D                   Am
the clerk could plainly see
D
The little man's a foreigner
     G
from way across the sea

Master all Chord Shapes easily with our Guitar and Ukulele Chord Tab Generator

[Verse 6]
G
The little man's a spy
       D
the angry crowd did roar
D                 G
Sent by Napoleon to
our native shore
G
So they grabbed that little fellow
       D           Am
by his long hairy tail
D
Gave him to the copper who
G
put him in the jail

[Chorus]
G
Old folks, young folks,
 D
every one and each
D
Come and see the Frenchie
        G
that's landed on the beach
G
He's got long arms and
great long tail,
D                   Am
he's covered all in hair
D
We think that he's a spy so
      G
we'll hang him in the square

[Verse 7]
G
They hung that little fellow
        D
from a gallows in the town
D
A rope all round his neck,
     G
his tail all hanging down
G                         D
A lesson to Napoleon to make
            Am
himself a rule
D
Not to send his hairy spies
   G
to old Hartlepool

[Chorus]
G
Old folks, young folks,
D
every one and each
D                         G
Come and see the Frenchie that's
landed on the beach
G
He's got long arms and great long
      D                   Am
tail, he's covered all in hair
D                        G
We thought he was a spy so
we've hung him in the square