Maurice the
Mole
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A D E
1. Montague Mergatroyd
D E
A E
wanted
to do more than just go round digging holes.
A D E
And so with criss-cross
tunnels underneath the ground,
he
was the maker of
A D E
2. Montague Mergatroyd
D E A E
with
his velvety coat as black, as black as coal,
A D E
as
the maker of
D
of
all the other moles, but no one else was there.
E A E A
Maurice the
Mole, black as the coal.
A D E
3. Maurice the Mole chatted to a garden gnome,
D E A E
"It's no fun being the
Mayor on your own.
A D E
And I've dug all the tunnels
and I've made all the holes,
D
but
what I really need are a few more moles".
E A E A E A
Maurice the Mole, black as the
coal, he needed more moles.
D
"It's no good talking to
him," a voice said,
A
a
dangly voice from up above his head.
D
"I can't see very
well", said Maurice, "Who's that?"
"Neither canI," said Boris, "I'm a bat"
A D
E
4. "If you're looking for moles you won't be waiting long,
D E A E
loads
of them will be here a little later on,
A D E
for a
rescue mission to try to save some mice,
D
they're
trapped beneath the rockery." Said Maurice, "That's nice".
A D E
5. Montague Mergatroyd
D E A E
he
bravely led the other moles underneath the ground.
A D E
And with their digging and
their delving they freed them in a trice,
D
"Hoorah for the moles,"
said the rescued mice.
D
"Hoorah
for our leader, the Mayor of Mole Town!"
A
Shouted the
moles from underneath the ground.
D
"We love
And Maurice the Mole is the
Mayor to this day.
+ repeat verse 1
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+ Black as the coal, he
needed more moles,
E A E
A
achieved
his goals with tunnels and holes,
E A E A
Maurice the
Mole, Maurice the Mole.
(Ralph McTell)