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Eli The Barrow Boy

by The Decemberists

Type:
Diatonic
Posted by:
Blind_Camel
5 5 -4   5 -4   4   -4  5   6   5<br />Eli the barrow boy, of the old town<br /> 5     5   -4   5 -4  4  -4  5    6    5<br />Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out<br />-6 6  5   -4  5 -4 4 -3"<br /> All down the day<br /><br /><br /> 5 5  -4   5 -4 4   -4 5   6 5<br />Below the tamaracks he is crying<br /> 5    5   -4   5 -4  4  -4   5   6 5<br />Corn cobs and candlewax for the buying<br />-6 6  5   -4  5 -4 4 -3"<br /> All down the day<br /><br /><br /> -6   6  -6   6 -6   6  -6  6   5   6  6    5<br />Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe<br /> -6  6   -6   6  -6  6 -6 6 5 6  -6 <br />Made of gold and silk Arabian   thread<br /> 6  -6  6   -6   6   -6   6  -6 6  5  6  6     5<br />But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove<br />-4   -4  -4  -4  -4 -4 -4   5  -5   5<br />And still I push my barrow all the day<br /> -4  -4  -4  -4 -4  4  -3  -3" -3"<br />still I push my barrow all the day<br /><br />
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