G     C
G     D
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[Verse]
G                     F     G
Thunder and lightning is no lark
     G              C      D
When Dublin city is in the dark
   G             C        G         D
So if you've any money go up to the park
    G           D       G
And view the zoological garden

[Verse]
G                     F     G
We went out there to see the zoo
   G                    C    D
We saw the lion and the kangaroo
          G            C            G     D
There was he-males and she-males of every hue
    G        D       G
Up in the zoological garden

[Verse]
G                    F     G
We went out there by Castleknock
     G                     C            D
Says she to me "Sure we'll court on the lock"
       G            C          G        D
Then I knew she was one of the rare old stock
        G           D       G
From outside the zoological garden

[Verse]
   G                     F    G
We went out there on our honeymoon
     G                 C          D
Says she to me "If you don't come soon
     G           C           G       D
I'll have to get in with the hairy baboons"
   G         D       G
Up in the zoological garden

[Verse]
     G               F      G
Says she to me "It's seven o'clock
    G                 C           D
And time for me to be changin' me frock
      G       C       G        D
For I long to see the old cockatoo"
   G         D       G
Up in the zoological garden

[Verse]
     G             F      G
Says she to me "Me lovely Jack
       G                  C          D
Sure I love a ride on the elephant's back
       G             C              G          D
If you don't get out that I'll give you such a crack
   G         D       G
Up in the zoological garden

[Verse]
    G                     F     G
Oh, thunder and lightning is no lark
     G              C      D
When Dublin city is in the dark
   G             C        G         D
So if you've any money go up to the park
    G           D       G
And view The Zoological Gardens