Richmond Is A Hard Road To Travel (chrom)

by American ballad from 1863 · posted by WaltP

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RICHMOND IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL chrom
W: John Reuben Thompson
M: Daniel Decatur Emmett
American ballad from 1863
Key: D
Time: 2/4

 -3   -3   -5  -5  -5  -5  5*
Would you like to hear my song
-3 -3  -5    -5   -5  -5  5*
I’m a-fraid it’s rath-er long
-3 -3  -5  -5   -5 -5  -5   -4
Of the fa-mous “on to Rich-mond”
 6  -5   5*  -3
Dou-ble trou-ble
-3 -3   -5 -5 -5  -5   5*
Of the half a doz-en trips
-3   -4 -4 -4  -4  -3
And half a doz-en slips
-2* -2*  3  3  3   3
And the ver-y lat-est
  2    2  -3 -3  -2* -1
Burst-ing of the bub-ble
 -3   -5  -5  -5  -5  5*
‘Tis pret-ty hard to sing
-3   -5 -5  -5     -5    5*
And like a round, round ring
 -3 -3  -5   -5   -5  -5
‘Tis a dread-ful knot-ty
-5  -4  6  -5  5* -3
Puz-zle to un-rav-el
  -3   -5  -5  -5  -5    5* 
Though all the pa-pers swore
 -3  -3   -4    -4  -4   -4   -3
When we touched Vir-gin-ia’s shore
 -2*  3    3    3  3  2    -3  -3 -2*  -1
That Rich-mond was a hard road to trav-el

 -3   -1  -1   2    -2*
Then pull off your coat 
-3  3-2* 3   -4    -3
And roll up your sleeve
-3   -1   1*  -1 2 -2* -3-2* -2* 3   2
For Rich-mond is a hard road to trav-el
 -3   -1  -1   2    -2*
Then pull off your coat 
-3  3-2* 3   -4    -5
And roll up your sleeve
-5   5*   -3  -3 -3 -3   -3  -4  -3 -2*
For Rich-mond is a hard road to trav-el
2 -2* -1
I be-lieve

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