The Mango Song

Intro 

C 
Mango 


[Verso 1]


C              F        C 
Pick the mango from the tree 
               G       C 
Hand the mango down to me 
              F    C 
Put the mango in a sack 
             G       C 
Put the sack upon my back 
               F    C 
Everybody, now come along 
                G     C 
Help me sing my mango song 

Mango 



[Verso 2]


               F      C 
Take the mango to the square 
                G     C 
Try to sell the mango there 
            F        C 
If I do not sell it, then 
                 G   C 
Take it back and try again 
               F    C 
Everybody, now come along 
                G     C 
Help me sing my mango song 

Mango 


[Verso 3]


                 F      C 
Pickin' mango is mighty hard 
                 G       C 
Children play in Daddy's yard 
           F      C 
Woman work in the kitchen 
                  G        C 
Cooking meals and patching britches 
               F    C 
Everybody, now come along 
                G     C 
Help me sing my mango song 

Mango 


[Verso 4]


              F       C 
See the woman walking by 
               G       C 
See her basket sitting high 
               F     C 
Basket high on woman head 
                  G         C 
Did you hear what the woman said 
               F    C 
Everybody, now come along 
                G     C 
Help me sing my mango song 

Mango