Me granny was a plucker
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I never knew me granny, but they said she was a plucker,
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me granny taught me daddy how to
be a plucker, too.
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Now I am a plucker and me brother is another,
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we're the greatest crowd of pluckers anybody ever knew.
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1. The 19th of December was the turkey plucking day,
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she'd
never stop plucking only for a mug of tay.
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When granny started plucking
there’d be feathers everywhere,
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feathers
in her pettycoat and feathers in her hair.
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to capo 4th here)
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2. There's a plucker here in
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in
the Guinness book of records he isn't beaten still.
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I only wish me granny could
have put him to the test,
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‘cause
me daddy said me granny as a plucker was the best.
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3. There was one little plucking job me granny couldn't do,
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no
matter how she tried, sure she didn't have a clue.
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She said she'd get the hang of
it, but she was out of luck,
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until the day she
died me granny couldn't pluck a duck.
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to capo 5th here)
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4. She could pluck a turkey cocker, she could
pluck a turkey hen,
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I bet she could have even
plucked the turkey on the den.
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Dustin is a devil,
sure he has an awful mouth,
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“Go on now, you good thing !” you'll often hear him shout.
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I never knew me granny, but they said she was a plucker,
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me granny taught me daddy how to
be a plucker, too.
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Now I am a plucker and me brother is another,
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we're the greatest crowd of pluckers anybody ever knew.
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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Richie Kavanagh)