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
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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