G)I held a lady, (D)o laddy daddy
(G)I held a lovely (D)brown haired girl
(G)I held a lady (D)o laddy daddy
I
held a lovely brown haired (G)girl
I know that she was (D)warm
For I (G)held her and (D)touched her
I (G)held her
so (D)long, it was lovely
Holding her against my (G)body - G-D-G-D
(G)I hear her laughing, (D)I see her smiling
(G)I
feel her arm a(D)round me
From (G)morning, the sun is (D)shining till evening
Even when night is falling (G)down
All
down the calling (D)way
Calling (G)you young (D)lady
(G)Are you brown haired, (D)o laddy daddy
Diddley-I-da-the-daddle-(G)lady
- G-D-G-D
(G)Now I remember, (D)how I remember
(G)Old days when I was (D)young days
When (G)I held a lady,
(D)o laddy daddy
I held a lovely brown haired (G)girl
Old days are dead and (D)gone days
A(G)live in the (D)morning
A(G)live
in the (D)sun, laddy daddy
Diddley-I-da-the-daddle-(G)lady - G-D-G-D
(G)Red lips that love at (D)my lips,
a heart and
(G)Thigh, hips and legs and (D)I slips
A(G)way from the dawning (D)day Laddy yawning,
I looks along
an old (G)road
An old sally noggin (D)bog road
Where (G)I held a (D)lady
Where (G)I held a (D)lovely, dil daddle
Diddley-I-da-the-daddle-(G)lady
- G-D-G-D
(G)I held a lady, (D)o laddy daddy -G-G-D-D
(G)I held a lady, (D)o laddy daddy -G-G-D-D
Repeat
several times slowly fading...