Most people just sing the chorus to this music hall sing along song as
the verses are mostly half sung/half spoken or not used at all!
I have tabbed the verses from various sources so any improvements welcome.
Intro = C Em Am G D
Verse 1
D G Am
I've just been lingering all alone
C D
Down Paradise Row
G Am D
When I was a kiddy I'd a sweetheart
C D
Down there we would go
Em D
I'd call her Nelly and she'd call me Joe
Am Em D
And we would romp there hand in hand
Em Am Em D
Then we'd both sit down on a doorstep there
A D
And we'd picture the future grand
Chorus
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
D G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
Em
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Bm C G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
A D
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
D G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
Em D
And does she love me like she used to
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
Verse 2
D G Am
The cobblestones were a meadow sweet
C D
To Nelly and me
G Am D
The smoky chimney on the housetop
C D
Was a beautiful tree
Em D
And old Brown's donkey was a big baa lamb
Am Em D
And Mother Kelly in the house
Em Am Em D
On a wash day holding her pail
A D
Was Mary the milkmaid milking cows
Chorus
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
D G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
Em
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Bm C G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
A D
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
D G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
Em D
And does she love me like she used to
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
Repeat chorus
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
D G
I'd sit along o' Nelly she'd sit along o' Joe
Em
She'd got a little hole in her frock
Bm C G
Hole in her shoe hole in her sock where her toe peeped through
A D
But Nelly was the smartest down our alley
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep I'm wondering now
D G
If li'l gal Nelly remembers Joe her beau
Em D
And does she love me like she used to
C D G
On Mother Kelly's doorstep down Paradise Row
