1st Verse: My son John was tall and slim
and he had a leg for every limb
Now he's got no legs at all
they're both shot away by cannonball
Whack fol diddle to me hoo-rum rye
2nd Verse: Were you drunk or were you blind
To leave your two fine legs behind
It wasn't from walking upon the sea
That took your legs from the ground to the knee
3rd Verse: I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind
To leave my to fine legs behind
'Twas a cannonball on the fifth of May
That took my to fine legs away
4th Verse: All foreign wars we now renounce
'Tween this king of England and that king of France
I'd rather my legs as they used to be
Then the king of Spain and his whole navy
5th: Verse I was tall and I was slim
And I had a leg for every limb
And now I've got no legs at all
You can't win a race with a cannonball
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