Bruce Springsteen - Mrs. McGrath lyrics

"Mrs. McGrath," the sergeant said "Would you like to make a soldier Out of your son, Ted? With a scarlet cloak and a big co*ked hat Mrs. McGrath, wouldn't you like that?" Mrs. McGrath lived on the shore And after seven years or more She spied a ship come into the bay With her son from far away "Oh, Captain dear, where have you been Have you been out sailing on the Mediterranean Have you news of my son Ted Is he living or is he dead?" Now then came Ted without any legs And in their place, two wooden pegs She kissed him a dozen times or two And said, "My God, Ted, is it you?" "Now were you drunk or were you blind When you left your two fine legs behind? Or was it out walking upon the sea That wore your two fine legs away?" "No, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind When I left my two fine legs behind A cannon ball on the fifth of May Tore my two fine legs away" "Ah, Teddy, boy," the widow cried "Your two fine legs were your mother's pride Them stumps of a tree won't do at all Why didn't you run from the cannon ball?" "Well, foreign wars, I do proclaim Live on only blood and a mother's pain I'd rather have my son as he used to be Then the King of America and his whole Navy"