Biography:
The Alexander Brothers was an easy-listening folk-music duo from Scotland who begsn performing in the 1950s.
Tom Alexander (1934– 10 January 2020) and Jack Alexander (1935–2 November 2013) were born in Cambusnethan, near Wishaw. On leaving school in the early fifties, the brothers pursued a trade as painters and decorators by day, and entertainers by night, and spent most of their spare time performing for elderly people in hospitals and for various charitable institutions in and around their hometown.
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Doon In The Wee Room
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
When you're tired and weary and you're feeling blue
C G D
Don't give way tae sorrow, we'll tell you what to do
G C G
Just tak' a trip tae Springburn and find the Quinn's Bar there
C G D7 G
And go doon tae the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
The king went oot a-hunting, his fortune for tae seek
C G D
He missed his train at Partick and went missing for a week
G C G
Oh after days of searching, of sorrow and despair
C G D7 G
They found him in the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
If your team has won the day and you want tae cheer
C G D
Take a trip tae Springburn and order up a beer
G C G
Hae yersel' a bevvy, gie yersel' a tear
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
When I'm auld and feeble and my bones are gettin' set
C G D
Ah'll no get cross and grumpy like other people get
G C G
Ah'm savin' up ma bawbees tae buy a hurly chair
C G D7 G
Tae tak' me tae the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
When you're tired and weary and you're feeling blue
C G D
Don't give way tae sorrow, we'll tell you what to do
G C G
Just tak' a trip tae Springburn and find the Quinn's Bar there
C G D7 G
And go doon tae the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
The king went oot a-hunting, his fortune for tae seek
C G D
He missed his train at Partick and went missing for a week
G C G
Oh after days of searching, of sorrow and despair
C G D7 G
They found him in the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
If your team has won the day and you want tae cheer
C G D
Take a trip tae Springburn and order up a beer
G C G
Hae yersel' a bevvy, gie yersel' a tear
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
[Verse]
G C G
When I'm auld and feeble and my bones are gettin' set
C G D
Ah'll no get cross and grumpy like other people get
G C G
Ah'm savin' up ma bawbees tae buy a hurly chair
C G D7 G
Tae tak' me tae the wee room underneath the stair
[Chorus]
G C G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
C G D
Everybody's happy and everybody's there
G C G
We're a' makin' merry, each in his chair
C G D7 G
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
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