Hapless/Mr. Alacadacca/Not I!
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 2018-08-19

Hapless

    By Walter De La Mare 
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D Em
Hapless, hapless, I must be
A F#m
    All the hours of life I see,
G Bm
    Since my foolish nurse did once
A G
    Bed me on her leggen bones;
    Since my mother did not weel
    To snip my nails with blades of steel.
    Had they laid me on a pillow
    In a cot of water willow,
C Em
    Had they bitten finger and thumb,
F C G Am F C Dm
    Not to such ill hap I had come.
Mr Alacadacca
A D
Mr Alacadacca's
A D
Long strange name
F#m D
Always filled his heart
Bm Em
with shame.
D A
"I'd much-much-rather
D A
Be called", said he,
F#m G
"Plain 'Mr. A'
Em A
Or even 'Old B';
D F#m
What can Alacadacca
G A
Mean to me!"
Em D
Nobody answered;
Em D
Nobody said
F#m G
Plain 'Mr. A';
Em A
'Old B', instead.
D Em
They merely smiled
F#m G
At his dismay-
A Em
A-L-A-C-A-D-A-
G A
C-C-A.
Not I

    By Walter De La Mare 
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A7 D7
As I came out of Wiseman's Street,
A7 E7
     The air was thick with driven sleet;
    A7 D7
 Crossing over Proudman's Square,
    A7 E7
 Cold louring clouds obscured the air;
    A7 D7
 But as I turned to Goodman's Lane,
    A7 D7
The burning sun came out again;
C D B7
     And on the roof of Children's Row
E A
     In solemn glory shone the snow.
E D7
     There did I lodge; there hope to die:
A D7 E7
     Envying no man - no, not I.


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