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Ain't it Grand to be Blooming Well Dead was an English music hall song written by Leslie Sarony in 1932 - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem added a chorus and modified it for an American folk music revival audience.
This was a favorite of Barney Loughlin and we played it for him often.
Isn't It Grand Boys
by Clancy Brothers
[acapella verse]
Look at the [C] coffin, with its golden [F] handles
Isn't it [C] grand, boys, to be bloody-well [G] dead?
( Chorus
Let's not have a [C] sniffle, [F] let's have a bloody-good [C] cry
And [F] always remember: The [C] longer you live
The [G] sooner you'll bloody-well [C] die )
Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the mourners, bloody-great hypocrites
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the preacher, a bloody-nice fellow
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the widow, bloody-great female
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the [C] coffin, with its golden [F] handles
Isn't it [C] grand, boys, to be bloody-well [G] dead?
( Chorus
Let's not have a [C] sniffle, [F] let's have a bloody-good [C] cry
And [F] always remember: The [C] longer you live
The [G] sooner you'll bloody-well [C] die )
Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the mourners, bloody-great hypocrites
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the preacher, a bloody-nice fellow
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus
Look at the widow, bloody-great female
Isn't it grand, boys, to be bloody-well dead?
Chorus