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Country Fair Dance by Mary Coughlan
Country Fair Dance
Tuning: E A D G B E
D A Bm G
At the country fair dance, they were having romance,
D A7 D
They were eating, drinking & dancing
A Bm G
Well a heated exchange is not unusual or strange,
D A7 D
and soon them ugly looks turned into ugly action
F#m G
Well she was pretty you might say, at least we thought so anyway
D A7 A
But she never sent a man to war or slaughter
D A7 Bm G
Them flashing black eyes made two young men rise
D A7 G D
and had a sudden strange effect on each other
D A Bm G D A7 D
There was Porcupine Paul, a man feared by all, he drank away all of his money and his reason
A Bm G D A7 D
And Fearsome Fred Ford who was restless and bored and tired of waiting for the hunting season
F#m G
On the floor lay Pamela Pearl, she was Fearsome Fred’s girl
D A7
but she didn’t mind being dragged under the table
D A Bm G D A7 G D
When Fred broke it up the man he found on top was Paul doing all he was able
A Bm G
Well Fred said look here, take your hand off that brassiere
D A7 D
We’re gonna have ourselves a little shootin’
A Bm G
And he’s hitching up his pants and he’s adopting this masochistic stance
D A7 D
and the crowd starts yelling and hooting
F#m G D A7 A
Paul knew he was beat if he ever got to his feet so he fired from the horizontal position
D A Bm G
Fred was hit, the dust was bit, it was an amazing exhibition of true grit
D A7 G D
He fired his gun and accomplished his mission
D A Bm G
Pearl adjusted her lace, with an expression of grief and horror on her face
D A D
She said it sure is grief and horror that I’m feeling
A Bm G
Everyone was aghast at what had come to pass
D A7 G D
Even the card players looked up and stopped their dealing.
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