Rum, By Gum

Chad Mitchell Trio

Album: "Might Day On Campus"





Spoken:



Well, they found him by the gutter,

so they called it sewer-side.





Refrain:

C G7 C

Away, away with rum, by gum, rum, by gum, rum, by gum.

C G7 C

Away, away with rum, by gum, the song of the Temperance Union.





(1st verse:)

["52" means 5th string, 2nd fret. "50" = 5th string, open]

C G7 50 52 C

We're coming, we're coming, our brave little band.

G7 50 52 C

On the right side of temperance we do take our stand.

G7 C G7 G

We don't use tobacco because we do think...

C+G C G7 C

That the people who use it are likely to drink.

[C+G = x32013]



(Refrain)



We never eat cookies because they have yeast.

And one little bite turns a man to a beast.

Can you imagine a sadder disgrace...

Then of a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face.



(Refrain)





[Background, high harmony: Away, away with rum, by gum.]



We never eat fruitcake because it has rum.

And one little bite turns a man to a bum.

[Background harmony: Oh, oh, oh, no]

Can you imagine a sorrier sight...

Than a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight.



[2 singers harmonizing, ad-libbing:

[1] He gets tight. [2] He gets tight.

Man eating fruitcake.

Fru-u-u-u-u-uit cake.

[Etc,, ending together with:]

Fruitcake gets tight. [pause]

[Broadly:] We wish you a merry fruitcake!

[Pause, with incredulous look from 3rd singer.]



(Repeat first verse)



(Refrain)