[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
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[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
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[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
