Rum, By Gum
Chad Mitchell Trio "Might Day On Campus"


Spoken:

Well, they found him by the gutter,
so they called it sewer-side.


Refrain:
C                            F            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.

["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                   G7        C
That the people who use it are likely to drink.
[C+G - C chord and hold down 3rd fret 1st string.]

(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:
He gets tight. He gets tight.
Man eating fruitcake.
Fru-u-u-u-u-uit cake.
[Etc,, ending together with:]
Fruitcake gets tight. [pause]
We wish you a merry fruitcake!

(Repeat first verse)

(Refrain)