OUTLAWS AND SCALAWAGS SONGBOOK

*For the back up versions, I have tabbed out one measure for each chord and put the chords into the lyrics of the first verse. Each chord mentioned is played for one measure. When tabbed completely there was a lot of repetition. 
*For the other versions I tabbed them out, and then put the first verse with the measures marked in the first verse and all other lyrics at the end.

Banks Of The Ohio-Back Up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderate tempo, with feeling

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

Darling [G] say [G] you'll be [D7] mine [D7]
In our [D7] home [D7] we'll happy [G] be [G]
down be-[G]-side [G] where the waters [C] flow [C]
down on the [G] banks [D7]of the Ohi-[G]-o [G]

Banks Of The Ohio-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

*L) is a lead in measure

L) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
1) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-4-Q 3-0-Q
3) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
4) 3-2-Q D7-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
5) 2-1-Q D7-ST 3-2-Q D7-ST
6) 4-0-Q D7-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
7) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-st
8) 4-o-Q G-ST 1-0-Q 1-2-Q
9) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
11) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
12) 4-2-Q C-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
13) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
14) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q 3-2-Q

Banks Of The Ohio-"dressed up"
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
1) 3-2-E 3-s4-E (0-4-0-0)-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 2-4-E 2-4p0-E 3-0-Q
3) 3-0-E 3-h2-E D7-ST 4-0-E 4-h4-E D7-ST
4) 3-2-Q D7-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
5) 2-0-E 2-h1-E 3-2-Q D7-ST
6) 4-0-Q D7-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
7) 2-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q 1-2-Q
9) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
11) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
12) 4-2-Q C-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
13) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E 2-0-Q
14) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q 3-2-Q


Lyrics:
[L]Darling[1] say [2] you'll be[3] mine
[4] in our [5]home [6] we'll happy[7] be
[8] down be-[9]-side [10] where the waters[11] flow
[12] down on the [13]banks [14]of the Ohi-[15]-o [16]

I asked my love to take a walk,
Just a walk a little way,
And as we walk, oh may we talk
About our golden wedding day.

I asked your mother for you, dear,
She said you were too young to wed.
Only say that you'll be mine.
Happiness in my home you'll find.

I took her by her lily-white hand,
Led her down where the waters stand.
I picked her up and threw her in,
Watched her as she floated down.

I went back home between twelve and one,
Crying: "My God, what have I done?
I murdered the only girl I love,
Because she would not marry me."

The very next morning about half past four,
The sheriff's man knocked at my door.
"Now young man, come now and go,
Down to the banks of the Ohio."

Captain Kidd-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
Em) 3-0-Q Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST

Oh My[G] name is Captain[C] Kidd as I[G] sailed as[D7] I sailed
oh my[G] name is Captain[C] Kidd as I[G] sailed[G]
oh my[C] name is Captain[C] Kidd God's[G] laws I did for-[Em]-bid
and most[G] wickedly I[C] did as I[G]sailed[G]

Captain Kidd-melody

L) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
1) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 4-0-Q
2) 4-2-Q C-ST 4-0-Q 4-2-Q
3) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
4) 3-2-Q D7-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
5) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 4-0-Q
6) 4-2-Q C-ST 4-0-Q 4-2-Q
7) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
9) 3-1-Q C-ST 3-1-Q 1-0-Q
10) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-1-Q 1-2-Q
11) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 4-0-Q
12) 4-2-Q Em-ST 1-0-Q 2-1-Q
13) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 4-0-Q
14) 4-2-Q C-ST 4-0-Q 4-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q 3-2-Q

Lyrics

[L]Oh My[1] name is Captain[2] Kidd as I[3] sailed as[4] I sailed
oh my[5] name is Captain[6] Kidd as I[7] sailed[8]
oh my[9] name is Captain[10] Kidd God's[11] laws I did for-[12]-bid
and most[13] wickedly I[14] did as I[15]sailed[16]

My parents taught me well as I sailed, as I sailed
Oh my Parents taught me well as I sailed
Oh my parents taught me well to shun the gates of Hell
But against them I rebelled as I sailed

I murdered William Moore as I sailed, as I sailed
Oh I murdered William Moore as I sailed
Oh I murdered William Moore And I left him in his gore
Forty leagues from the shore as I sailed

And being crueler still as I sailed, as I sailed
Oh and being crueler still as I sailed
Oh and being crueler still my gunner I did kill
And his precious blood did spill as I sailed

And being nigh to death as I sailed, as I sailed
And being nigh to death as I sailed
And being near to death I vowed with every breath
To walk in wisdom's way as I sailed

My repentance lasted not as I sailed, as I sailed
My repentance lasted not as I sailed
My repentance lasted not my vows I soon forgot
Damnation was my lot as I sailed

Now, to the execution dock I must go, I must go
To the execution dock I must go
To the execution dock lay my head upon my block
No more the laws I'll mock as I sailed, as I sailed

Texas Rangers-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
D) 3-2-Q D-ST 4-0-Q D-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

Come[G] all you Texas[G]Rangers and[D] listen now to[D] me
I'll[G] tell you of some[G] troubles that[D]happened unto[D] me
[D] my name is[D] nothing extra so[D] that I will not[G]tell
And[C] here's to all you[G] rangers I'm[D] sure I miss you[D] well[D]

Texas Rangers-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

Dv= 0-2-3-0

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h4-E G-ST
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
3) 3-2-Q D-ST 4-0-E 4-h4-E Dv-ST
4) 4-0-Q Dv-ST 4-4-E 4-4p0-E Dv-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-4-E G-ST
6) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
7) 3-2-Q D-ST 3-4-E 3-4p2-E 4-5-Q
8) 3-2-Q Dv-ST 4-0-E 4-h4-E Dv-ST
9) 3-0-E 3-h2-E D-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E D-ST
10) 1-4-E 1-4p0-E Dv-ST 3-3-E 3-3p0-E (0-0-2-0)-ST
11) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E 4-2-Q
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
13) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E 4-2-Q
14) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
15) 3-2-Q Dv-ST 4-0-E 4-h4-E Dv-ST
16) 4-0-Q Dv-ST 4-4-E 4-4p0-E Dv-ST

Lyrics

[L]Come[1] all you Texas[2]Rangers and[3] listen now to[4] me
I'll[5] tell you of some[6] troubles that[7]happened unto[8] me
[9] my name is[10] nothing extra so[11] that I will not[12]tell
And[13] here's to all you[14] rangers I'm[15] sure I miss you[16] well

'Twas at the age of seventeen I joined the jolly band
We marched from San Antonio down to the Rio Grande
Our captain he informed us, perhaps he thought it right
"Before we reach the border, boys, I'm sure we'll have a fight."

And then the bugle sounded, our captain gave commands,
"To arms, to arms" he shouted, "And by your horses stand"
I saw the glittering lances, their arrows around me flew
And all my strength, it left me, and all my courage too.

I saw the Indians coming, I heard them give a yell
My feelings at that moment no tongue can ever tell
I saw the smoke ascending, it seemed to reach the sky
And then the thought it struck me, my time had come to die.

We fought for nine hours fully before the strife was o'er
The likes of dead and wounded I never say before
And when the sun had risen and the Indians they had fled
We loaded up our rifles and counted up our dead.

And all of us were wounded our noble captain slain
The sun was shining sadly down on the bloody plain
Sixteen brave Rangers, the bravest in the West
Were buried with their comrades with arrows in their chests.

And now my song has ended I guess I've sung enough
The life of any Ranger you see is very tough
And if you have a mother who don't want you to roam
I advise you by experience you'd better stay at home.

Gypsy Girl-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G

* = for the tag on the second and third verse repeat the song starting here

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

[G]Once I was a [G]gypsy girl but now[D7] I'm a rich man's[G] bride
with [G]servants to[G] wait on me while[D7] in my carriage[G] ride
while[G]* in my carriage ride[G] while in [C]my carriage ride [G]
with [G]servants to [G]wait on me while in[D7] my carriage[G] ride

Gypsy Girl-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

1) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
2) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
3) 2-1-Q 3-2-Q 4-4-Q 3-2-Q
4) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
5) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
6) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
7) 2-1-Q 3-2-Q 4-4-Q 3-2-Q
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
10) 1-5-Q (0-0-0-5)-ST 1-5-E 1-5p0-E G-ST
11) 1-2-Q C-ST 1-2-Q 5-0-Q
12) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
13) 1-5-Q (0-0-0-5)-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
14) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
15) 2-1-Q 3-2-Q 4-4-Q 3-2-Q
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

[1]Once I was a [2]gypsy girl but now[3] I'm a rich man's[4] bride
with [5]servants to[6] wait on me while[7] in my carriage[8] ride
while[9]* in my carriage ride[10] while in [11]my carriage ride [12]
with [13]servants to [14]wait on me while in[15] my carriage[16] ride

As I went a strolling one day down London's streets
A handsome young squire was the first I chanced to meet
He kissed my pretty brown cheeks that now he loves so well
And said my little gypsy girl will you my fortune tell?
*Will you my fortune tell, will you my fortune tell?
He said my little gypsy girl will you my fortune tell?

Oh yes sir, kind sir, please hold to me your hand
You have many fine mansions in many foreign lands
And all those fine young ladies, you can cast them all aside
I am the gypsy girl who is to be your bride.
*Who is to be your bride, who is to be your bride
I am the gypsy girl who is to be your bride.

Once I was a gypsy girl but now I'm a rich man's bride
with servants to wait on me while in my carriage ride
while in my carriage ride while in my carriage ride
with servants to wait on me while in my carriage ride

Worried Man Blues-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Go like hell

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST

It[G] takes a worried[G] man to [G] sing a worried[G] song
[C] It takes a worried [C]man to [C] sing a worried[G] song
It [G] takes a worried [G] man to [G] sing a worried[G] song
I'm worried[D7] now but I[D7] won't be worried[G] long [G]

Worried Man Blues-melody
4/4 TIme, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q
1) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
3) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
4) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
5) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
6) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
7) 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST 3-0-Q 4-2-Q
8) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
11) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
13) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
14) 3-0-E 3-h2-E D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

[L]It[1] takes a worried[2] man to [3] sing a worried[4] song
[5] It takes a worried [6]man to [7] sing a worried[8] song
It [9] takes a worried [10] man to [11] sing a worried[12] song
I'm worried[13] now but I[14] won't be worried[15] long [16]

I went across the river and lay myself to sleep
I went across the river and lay myself to sleep
I went across the river and lay myself to sleep
When I woke up, had shackles on my feet

Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
And on each link, an initial of my name

I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
Twenty-one years on that Rocky Mountain line

If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
Tell 'em it was me, I sing it all day long

Whiskey In The Jar-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
Em) 3-0-Q Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
G/D7) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q D7-ST

As[G] I was going [G] over the [Em]far famed Kerry [Em] mountians
I [C]met with Captain [C]Farrell and his[G] money he was [G] counting
I [G]first produced my [G]pistol and then[Em] produced my [Em]rapier
Saying[C] stand and deliver[C] for you are my [G]bold deceiver [G] with your

Chorus
[D7] wack fol [D7] the diddy-o [G]wack fol [G]the diddy-o
[C] wack fol the[C] diddy-o there's [G/D7]whiskey in the[G] jar!

Whiskey In THe Jar-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 2-0-Q
1) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q 1-2-Q
2) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
3) 1-2-Q Em-ST 1-2-Q 1-4-Q
4) 1-2-Q Em-ST 2-0-Q Em-ST
5) 2-5-Q (5)C-ST 2-5-Q 2-7-Q
6) 1-5-Q (5)C-ST 2-7-Q 1-5-Q
7) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-5-Q 1-4-Q
8) 1-2-Q (0-0-0-2)-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
9) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q 1-2-Q
10) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
11) 1-2-Q Em-ST 1-2-Q 1-4-Q
12) 1-2-Q Em-ST 2-0-Q Em-ST
13) 2-5-Q (5)C-ST 2-5-Q 2-7-Q
14) 1-5-Q (5)C-ST 2-7-Q 2-5-Q
15) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-5-Q 1-4-Q
16) 1-2-Q (0-0-0-2)-ST 2-0-Q G-ST


Lyrics

[L]As[1] I was going [2] over the [3]far famed Kerry [4] mountians
I [5]met with Captain [6]Farrell and his[7] money he was [8] counting
I [9]first produced my [10]pistol and then[11] produced my [12]rapier
Saying[13] stand and deliver[14] for you are my [15]bold deceiver [16] with your

Chorus:
[D7] wack fol [D7] the diddy-o [G]wack fol [G]the diddy-o
[C] wack fol the[C] diddy-o there's [G/D7]whiskey in the[G] jar!

He counted out his money and it made a pretty penny
I put it in my pocket and I gave it to my Jenny
She sighed and swore that she never would deceive me
But the devil take the women for they never can be easy

I went into my chamber for to take a slumber
I dreamt of gold and jewels and sure it was no wonder
But Jenny took my pistols and filled them up with water
And sent for Captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter

'Twas early in the morning before I rose to travel
The guards were all around me and likewise Captain Farrell
I then produced my pistols for she stole away my rapier
But I couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner I was taken

They threw me in the jail without judge or jury
For robbing Captain Farrell in the famed Kerry mountains
But they didn;t take my fists so I knocked the sentry down
And bid a fond farewell to that jail in Salem town

If anyone can aid me, it's my brother in the army
I think that he is stationed in COrk or Kilkenny
And if he'd come and join me, we'd go rovin' in Kilkenny
I swear he'd treat me fairer than my darling sporting Jenny

Now some take delight in fishing or in roving
Others take delight in the carriages a-rolling
But I take delight in the juice of the barley
And courting pretty maidens in the morning bright and early

The White House Blues-back up
4/4 Time, Key of C
Quick

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
F) 3-2-Q F-ST 4-3-Q F-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

[C]McKinley Hollered [C]McKinley Squalled
[C]doc said, "McKinley [C] I can't find that
[F]ball [F][C]you're bound to
[C]die in Buffa- [G]-lo
[G]in Buff- [C] -alo [C]

The White House Blues-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C

1) 1-5-Q (5)C-ST 1-5-Q (5)C-ST
2) 1-7-E 1-7p5-E (5)C-ST 1-5-Q (5)C-ST
3) 1-7-E 1-7p5-E (5)C-ST 1-7-E 1-7p5-E (5)C-ST
4) 2-5-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
5) 2-1-Q F-ST 2-1-Q F-ST
6) 1-3-Q F-ST 1-3-Q F-ST
7) 1-0-E 1-h2-E C-ST 1-0-E 1-h2-E C-ST
8) 2-1-Q C-ST 2-0-E 2-h1-E C-ST
9) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
10) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-2-E 1-2p0-E G-ST
11) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
12) 2-1-Q C-ST 2-1-Q C-ST

Lyrics

[1]McKinley Hollered [2]McKinley Squalled
[3]doc said, "McKinley [4] I can't find that
[5]ball [6][7]you're bound to
[8]die in Buffa- [9]-lo
[10]in Buff- [11] -alo [12]

Look here you rascal, see what you've done
You shot my husband with your Ivers-Johnson gun
I'm taking you back, to Washington

The doc came running pulling off his specs
Doc said "McKinley better cash in your checks
You're bound to die, in Buffalo"

The train, the train, blowing down the line
Whistling every station McKinley's a dying
From Buffalo, to Washington

Fourty-four boxcars trimmed in lace
Put him in the last one so we can't see his face
From Buffalo, to Washington

Roosevelt's in the White House doing his best
McKinley's in the graveyard taking a rest
He's gonna be gone, a long old time

Roosevelt's in the White House drinking out a silver cup
McKinley's in the graveyard, he'll never wake up
He's gonna be gone, a long old time

Czolgosz, Czolgoz, mighty mean man
You shot McKinley with a flower in his hand
He's gonna be gone, a long old time

Hush up you children, don't you fret
You'll draw a pension at your daddy's death
He's gonna be gone, a long old time

Riley The Furniture Man-Back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Brightly

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST

[G] When I was a [G]poor boy [G]oh so [G] sad
That[C] Riley from Vir-[C]-ginia took [C]everything I[G]
[G]Riley's been here [D7]got my furniture and[G] gone![G]

Writing down a break for a song like “Riley The Furniture Man” is a tricky prospect
simply because there are so many ways you can go about playing this song. For the
melody arrangement presented here I kept things pretty simple but don’t be afraid to
try some different ideas of your own. With a song as raucous as this one just about
anything goes.

Riley The Furniture Man-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

1) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
2) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
3) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2s4-E (0-4-0-0)-ST
4) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
5) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
6) 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
7) 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST 3-0-Q 4-2-Q
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
10) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
11) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

[1] When I was a [2]poor boy [3]oh so [4] sad
That[5] Riley from Vir-[6]-ginia took [7]everything I[8]
[9]Riley's been here [10]got my furniture and[11] gone![12]

Riley come to my house and these are the words he said
“Throw that cracker driver out and load that poster bed”
Riley’s been here, got my furniture and gone

It makes no difference to a rich man with all his fancy clothes
If you don’t pay Mr. Riley you’ve got no place to go
Riley’s been here, got my furniture and gone!

Riley he’s a rich man off poor folks like me
Every Sunday morning Riley gives to charity
Riley’s been here, got my furniture and gone!

Eggs And Marrowbone
4/4 Time, Key of Em
Brightly

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E 3-0-Q
4) 2-0-Q Em-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E Em-ST
5) 3-0-Q Em-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E Em-ST
6) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
7) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
8) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
9) 4-0-E 4-h2-E Em-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E Em-ST
10) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E Em-ST

Lyrics

[L]There [1]was an old woman [2]in our town
And[3] in our town did [4]dwell
[5]She [6]loved her husband [7]dearly
But[8] another man twice as [9]well[10]

She went down to the doctor
To see what she could find
To see what she could find
To make her old man blind

“Feed him eggs and marrowbone
And make him sup them all
It won’t be too long before
He won’t see you at all”

She fed him eggs and marrowbone
And made him sup them all
And it wasn’t too long before
He couldn’t see her at all

“Now that I am old and blind
And tired of my life
I’ll go to the rivers edge
And there I’ll end my life”

“To drown yourself, to drown yourself
Now that would be a sin
So I’ll go with you to the rivers edge
And there I’ll push you in”

The old woman took a running jump
To push the old man in
The old man he stepped aside
And the woman she fell in

She cried for help, she screamed for help
And loudly she did bawl
The old man said “I’m so blind
I can’t see you at all!”

She swam along, she swam along
Till she came to the rivers brim
The old man got a great long pole
And pushed her further in

Now the old woman is dead and gone
And the Devil’s got her soul
Wasn’t she a gosh-darn fool
That she didn’t grab that pole?

Eating eggs and marrowbone
Won’t make your old man blind
So if you want to do him in
You must sneak up from behind

Omie Wise
4/4 Time, Key of Am
Sadly

1) 3-2-Q Am-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E Am-ST
2) 3-2-Q Am-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
3) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E 3-0-Q
5) 3-2-Q Am-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E Am-ST
6) 3-2-Q Am-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
7) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
8) 3-2-Q Am-ST 4-2-Q Am-ST

Lyrics

Oh [1]Listen to my [2]story about [3]little Omie [4]Wise
And [5]how she was[6] deluded by [7]John Lewis’ [8]lies

He promised to meet her at Adamses’ Springs
He promised her money and other fine things

He gave her no money, but flattered the case
Saying, “We will get married, ‘twill be no disgrace”

“John Lewis, John Lewis, please tell me your mind
Do you mean to marry me or leave me behind?”

“Little Omie, little Omie, I’ll tell you my mind
My mind is to drown you and leave you behind”

He beat her and he banged her ‘til she could hardly go
Then threw her in the river where the fast waters flow

Two little boys went fishing just at the break of dawn
They saw little Omie come floating along

They arrested john Lewis, they arrested him today
They buried little Omie down in the cold clay

“My name is John Lewis, my name I’ll never deny
I murdered little Omie now I’m condemned to die

“go hang me, go kill me for I am the man
who murdered little Omie down by the mill dam”

John Hardy-Back up
4/4 Time, Key of C
Brightly

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
F/C) 3-2-Q F-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

John [C]Hardy [F/C]was a [G]desperate little[G] man
He [C]carried two[F/C] guns every [G]day[G]
He [C]killed a [F/C]man on the [G]West Virginia[G] Line
You [G]ought to seen[G] John Hardy [G]run away Lord, Lord
You[G] ought to seen [G]John Hardy [G]run away[G]

John Hardy-Melody

L) 3-0-Q
1) 2-1-Q C-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
2) 1-3-Q F-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
4) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
5) 2-1-Q C-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
6) 1-3-Q F-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
7) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
9) 2-1-Q C-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
10) 1-3-Q F-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
11) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
13) 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST
14) 3-0-Q 4-0-Q 4-2-Q 3-0-Q
15) 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
17) 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST 3-2-E 3-2s4-E G-ST
18) 3-0-Q 4-0-Q 4-2-Q 3-0-Q
19) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
20) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]John [1]Hardy [2]was a [3]desperate little[4] man
He [5]carried two[6] guns every [7]day[8]
He [9]killed a [10]man on the [11]West Virginia[12] Line
You [13]ought to seen[14] John Hardy [15]run away Lord, Lord
You[16] ought to seen [17]John Hardy [18]run away[19][20]

John Hardy ran for that old state line
It was there he thought he would go free
But a man walked up and took him by the arm saying,
“Johnny walk along with me” Lord, Lord
“Johnny walk along with me”

Well the first girl to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in blue
She came down to that old jail cell saying,
“Johnny I’ve been true to you” Lord, Lord
“Johnny I’ve been true to you”

The next girl to visit John Hardy in his cell
Was a little girl dressed in red
She came down to that old jail cell saying.
“Johnny I’d rather see you dead” Lord, Lord
“Johnny I’d rather see you dead”

John Hardy stood in that old jail cell
The tears were running from his eyes
He said “I’ve been the death of many a poor boy,
But my six shooter never told a lie” Lord, Lord
”My six shooter never told a lie”

Little Maggie-Back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Quickly

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
F) 3-2-Q F-ST 3-2-Q F-ST

[G]Yonder [G]stands little [F]Maggie
[F]with a[G] dram glass[G]in her[G] hand[G]

Little Maggie-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

1) 4-2-E 4-2s4-E (4-0-0-0)-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
2) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
3) 4-3-Q F-ST 3-2-Q F-ST
4) 2-1-Q F-ST 3-2-Q F-ST
5) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
6) 2-1-E 2-1p0-E G-ST 2-1-E 2-1p0-E G-ST
7) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E (2-0-0-0)-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

[1]Yonder [2]stands little [3]Maggie
[4]with a[5] dram glass[6]in her[7] hand[8]
She’s drinking away her troubles
She’s courting another man

Tell me how can I ever stand it
Just to see those bright blue eyes
They’re shining like a diamond
Like a diamond in the sky

Sometimes I have a nickel
Sometimes I have a dime
And sometimes I have ten dollars
Just to buy little Maggie some wine

She’s marching to the station
With her suitcase in her hand
She’s going for to leave me
She is bound for some distant land

Pretty flowers were made for blooming
Pretty stars were meant to shine
Pretty Girls were made for boys to love
Little Maggie was made for mine

The first time I saw little Maggie
She was sitting on the banks of the sea
A forty-four strapped to her shoulder
And a banjo on her knee

Sugar Hill-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
Em) 3-0-Q Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST

If you[G] want to get your[G] eye knocked out
if you[G] want to get your[Em] fill
if you[G] want to get your[G] eye knocked out
[G]Go to Sugar[G] Hill

Sugar Hill-Melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
2) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q G-ST
3) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
4) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
6) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q G-ST
7) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-2-Q 4-4-Q
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

If you[1] want to get your[2] eye knocked out
if you[3] want to get your[4] fill
if you[5] want to get your[6] eye knocked out
[7]Go to Sugar[8] Hill

I’m getting lonesome for my gal.
I want a drink of rye.
I’m a-going to Sugar Hill or know the reason why.

Get your banjo off the wall.
Grab your fiddle, Bill.
Hitch the horses to the sleigh,
we’re going to Sugar Hill.

The Black Velvet Band-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
Moderate tempo, with feeling

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 3-0-Q Em-ST Em-ST
12) 4-2-Q Em-ST Em-ST
13) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
14) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

Her[1] eyes they [2]shone like dia-[3]-monds[4]
You'd [5]think she was[6] queen of the[7] land[8]
With her[9] hair thrown [10]over her[11] sho- ul-[12]-der
tied[13] up with a[14] black vel-vet[15] band[16]

The Black Velvet Band-melody
3/4 TIme, Key of G

L) 1-0-Q
1) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 2-0-Q 2-1-Q 1-0-Q
3) 2-1-E 2-1p0-E G-ST G-ST
4) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
6) 3-0-Q 4-4-Q 4-2-Q
7) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 3-2-Q D7-ST 1-0-E 2-h1-E
9) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-0-Q 4-2-Q 4-4-Q
11) 3-0-Q Em-ST 3-2-Q
12) 2-0-Q Em-ST Em-ST
13) 3-2-Q 2-0-Q 2-1-Q
14) 4-4-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]Her[1] eyes they [2]shone like dia-[3]-monds[4]
You'd [5]think she was[6] queen of the[7] land[8]
With her[9] hair thrown [10]over her[11] sho- ul-[12]-der
tied[13] up with a[14] black vel-vet[15] band[16]

As I went walking one evening
Not meaning to stray very far
When I met with a frolicsome damsel
As she came tripping along

A watch she pulled from her pocket
And slipped it right into my hand
On the very first day that I met her
Bad luck to the black velvet band

Before judge and jury next morning
For trial we had to appear
A gentleman claimed his jewelry
and the case against us was quite clear

Seven long years transportation
Right down to Van Dieman’s Land
Far away from my friends and companions
To follow the black velvet band

Pretty Polly
4/4 Time, Key of Em
Moderate tempo, with feeling

Em) 3-0-Q Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

"Pretty[Em] Polly, Pretty [Em] Polly come and[Em] go along with[Em] me.
Pretty[G] Polly, Pretty[G] come and[G] go along with[G] me.
Before[Em] we get married[Em] some pleasures[Em] for to see.[Em]

She jumped on behind him and away they did go
She jumped on behind him and away they did go
Over the hills and the valley below

They went a little farther and what did they spy
They went a little farther and what did they spy
But a new dug grave with a spade lying by

“Oh Willie, oh Willie I’m afraid of your ways
Oh Willie, oh Willie I’m afraid of your ways
I’m afraid you will lead my poor body astray”

“Pretty Polly, pretty Polly you’ve guessed about right
Pretty Polly, pretty Polly you’ve guessed about right
I’ve been digging your grave for most of the night”

He threw her on the ground and she burst into tears
He threw her on the ground and she burst into tears
She threw her arms around him and trembled with
fear

“There’s no time to talk now and no time to stand
There’s no time to talk now and no time to stand”
He drew out his knife with his right hand

He stabbed her in the heart and the blood it did flow
He stabbed her in the heart and the blood it did flow
And into the grave pretty Polly did go

He threw on some dirt and he started for home
He threw on some dirt and he started for home
Leaving her behind where the wild birds do moan

Now a debt to the devil Willie must pay
Now a debt to the devil Willie must pay
For killing pretty Polly and running away

The Streets Of Laredo
3/4 Time, Key of C

1) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
2) 4-3-Q F-ST F-ST
3) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
6) 4-3-Q F-ST F-ST
7) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
8) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
11) 3-2-Q F-ST F-ST
12) 4-2-Q C-ST C-T
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
15) 3-2-Q F-ST F-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
17) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
18) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST

[1]As I walked[2] out in the[3] streets of [4]Laredo
[5]As I walked[6] on in Lar-[7]-edo one [8] day
[9]I [10]spied a poor[11] cowboy all[12] wrapped in white[13] linen
[14]Wrapped in white [15]linen as[16] cold as the[17] clay[18]

“I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy”
these words he did say as I proudly stepped by
”Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story,
got shot in the breast and I know I must die.”

‘twas one in the saddle I used to go roaming
’twas once in the saddle I used to go gay
’twas first to the drinking and then the card playing.
Got shot in the breast and I’m dying today.”

“Let six jolly cowboys come carry my coffin.
Let six pretty girls come carry my pall.
Throw bunches of roses all over my coffin
throw roses to deaden the clods as they fall.”

“Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly
and play the dead march as you carry me along.
Take me to the green valley and lay the earth o’er me
for I’m a poor cowboy and I know
I’ve done wrong.”

Oh we beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly
and bitterly wept as we carried him along
for we all loved out comrade
so brave, young and handsome
we all loved out comrade although he’d done wrong.

Stagolee-back up
4/4 Time, Key of C
The Tempo is up to you. This is the blues.

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
C7) 3-3-Q C7-ST 4-2-Q C7-ST
F) 3-2-Q F-ST 4-3-Q F-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

[C]I remember one[C] September I[C] heard my bulldog[C7] bark.
[F]Stagolee and[F] Billy de Lyons were[F] squabblin' in the [C]dark.
He was[G] a bad man[G] oh cruel[C] Stagolee[C]

Stagolee-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C

1) 4-0-E 4-h2-E 3-0-Q 3-0-Q C-ST
2) 4-2-E 4-2p0-E 4-2-Q 3-0-Q C-ST
3) 4-0-E 4-h2-E 3-0-Q 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST
4) 3-3-Q C7-ST 3-3-E 3-3p0-E C-ST
5) 3-2-Q F-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E F-ST
6) 2-1-Q F-ST 3-2-Q F-ST
7) 2-1-Q F-ST 3-2-Q 4-3-Q
8) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E 3-0-Q
9) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
11) 4-2-Q C-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST
12) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

Lyrics

[1]I remember one[2] September I[3] heard my bulldog[4] bark.
[5]Stagolee and[6] Billy de Lyons were[7] squabblin' in the [8]dark.
He was[9] a bad man[10] oh cruel[11] Stagolee[12]

Stagolee was a bad man
Everybody knows
He Spent one hundred dollars
Just to buy a suit of clothes
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

Stagolee shot Billy de Lyons
What do you think about that?
Shot him down in cold blood
Because he stole his Stetson hat
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

Billy de Lyons said, “Stagolee
Please don’t take my life
I’ve got two little babies
And a darling, loving wife
You’re a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee”

“What do I care about your two little babies
Or your darling, loving wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat
and I’m bound to take your life”
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

The judge said, “Stagolee, what are you doing here?
You done shot Billy de Lyons
You’re going to die in the electric chair
You’re a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee”

Twelve o’clock they killed him
With his head held up high
Twelve o’clock they killed him
I was glad to see him die
He was a bad man, oh cruel Stagolee

One thing to keep in mind with country blues tunes like “Stagolee” and “Frankie
And Johnny” is that the blues is a pretty freeform musical style. Every blues guitar
player has put his or her own stamp on these songs and as a result it’s rare to hear them played the same way by two different musicians.

The tab for “Stagolee” and “Frankie And Johnny” presented here is intended only
to get your gears working about the rhythmic possibilities of the songs. Don’t fret about getting every note perfect. Just grab a groove and let your mojo do the rest.

Frankie & Johnny
4/4 Time, Key of C
The Tempo is up to you. This is the blues.

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
C7) 3-3-Q C7-ST 4-2-Q C7-ST
F) 3-2-Q F-ST 4-3-Q F-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

[C]Frankie & Johnny were[C] sweethearts oh[C] lordy how they could[C7] love.
[F]Swore to be true each[F] other just as[F] true as stars a-[C]-bove.
He was her[G] man.[G] He was doing her[C] wrong[C]

Frankie & Johnny-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C

1) 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST
2) 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
3) 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST
4) 3-3-Q C7-ST 3-3-E 3-3p0-E C-ST
5) 3-0-E 3-h2-E F-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E F-ST
6) 2-1-Q F-ST 3-2-Q F-ST
7) 2-1-Q F-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
8) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-E 4-h3-E C-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
11) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST
12) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

Lyrics

[1]Frankie & Johnny were[2] sweethearts oh[3] lordy how they could[4] love.
[5]Swore to be true each[6] other just as[7] true as stars a-[8]-bove.
He was her[9] man.[10] He was doing her[11] wrong[12]

Frankie was a good woman
As everybody knows
Every dollar that Frankie made
Went into Johnny’s hand
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie went down to the corner
To buy a bucket of beer
Said; “Mr. bartender
Has my loving Johnny been here?”
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

“Now, I don’t want to tell no stories
and I don’t want to tell no lies
I saw your man an hour ago
With a gal named Alice Bly”
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie went down to the hotel
Didn’t go there for fun
Underneath her kimono
She carried a forty-four gun
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie looked over the transom
And found to her great surprise
There on the bed sat Johnny
Loving up Alice Bly
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie got down from that high stool
She didn’t want to see no more
Rooty-toot-toot three times she did shoot
Right through that hardwood door
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

The first time Frankie shot Johnny
He let out an awful yell
The second time she shot him
There was a brand new face in hell
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

”Roll me over easy
Roll me over slow
Roll me on to my side
The bullet hurts me so”
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Sixteen rubber-tired carriages
And sixteen rubber-tired hacks
Took poor Johnny to the graveyard
They ain’t gonna bring him back
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie looked out of the jailhouse
To see what she could see
All she could hear was a two-string bow
Playing Near My God To Thee
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Frankie she said to the sheriff
“What do you recon they’ll do?”
Sheriff said, “Frankie
It’s the electric chair for you”
He was her man, he was doing her wrong

Railroad Bill-back up
4/4 Time, Key of C
Fast

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
B) 3-4-Q B-ST 4-4-Q B-ST
C) 3-5-Q (5)C-ST 4-5-Q (5)C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST

[G]Rail- road[G] Bill[G] Rail- road[G] Bill
[B]He never[B] worked and[C] he never[C] will
and it's[G] ride old[D7]Rail- road[G] Bill[G]

Railroad Bill-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C

1) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
2) 1-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-E 1-h2-E (0-0-0-2)-ST
4) 1-0-Q G-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST
5) 3-4-Q B-ST 3-4-E 3-h5-E B-ST
6) 3-4-Q B-ST 4-4-Q B-ST
7) 3-5-Q (5)C-ST 3-5-E 3-h7-E (5)C-ST
8) 3-5-Q (5)C-ST 4-5-Q (5)C-ST
9) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
10) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
11) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST

Lyrics

[1]Rail- road[2] Bill[3] Rail- road[4] Bill
[5]He never[6] worked and[7] he never[8] will
and it's[9] ride old[10]Rail- road[11] Bill[12]

Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man
He shot the midnight lantern out
The breakman’s hand
And it’s ride old Railroad Bill

I’ve got a 38 special on a 45 frame
How can I miss when I’ve got dead aim?
And it’s ride old Railroad Bill

Going up a mountain going out west
38 special sticking out my vest
And it’s ride old Railroad Bill

The Wild Rover-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
Brightly

Verse:

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
15) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
17) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST

I've[1] been a wild[2] rover for[3] many a[4] year and I've[5] spent all my
[6]money on[7] whiskey and[8] beer[9] now I've re-[10]-turned with
[11]gold in great[12] store and I[13] never will[14] play the wild[15] rover no
[16]more [17]and it's

Chorus:

1) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
2) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
3) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
4) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
5) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
7) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
8) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
9) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
12) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
13) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
15) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

[1]no [2]nay [3]never[4][5]no nay
[6]never no[7]more [8]will I[9] play[10] the wild
[11]rover [12]no [13]never [14]no [15] more

I am not going to tab out an instrumental for the chorus of this song because an awful
lot of people will expect you to stop playing and clap your hands during the chorus.

It works like this:
And it’s no, nay never (CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!)
No, nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover. . .

Depending on where you are the three claps can be replaced with pints of Guinness
being slammed on the table.

The Wild Rover-melody
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-2-Q 4-0-Q 3-0-Q
3) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
4) 2-1-Q C-ST C-ST
5) 1-0-Q 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
6) 2-1-Q 3-2-Q 4-4-Q
7) 4-0-Q 2-0-Q-3-2-Q
8) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
9) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
10) 4-2-Q 4-0-Q 2-0-Q
11) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
12) 2-1-Q C-ST C-ST
13) 1-0-Q 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
14) 2-1-Q 3-2-Q 4-4-Q
15) 4-0-Q 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
16) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
17) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST

Lyrics

[L]I've [1]been a wild[2] rover for[3] many a[4] year and I've[5] spent all my
[6]money on[7] whiskey and[8] beer[9] now I've re-[10]-turned with
[11]gold in great[12] store and I[13] never will[14] play the wild[15] rover no
[16]more [17](and it's)

Chorus:
And It’s no, nay, never
No, nay, never, no more
Will I play the wild rover
no never, no more

I went to a pub I used to frequent
I told the landlady my money was spent
I asked her to trust me, her answer was “Nay,
Such custom as yours we can get any day”

Then out of my pocket I took sovereigns bright
And the landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight
She said, “ I have whiskies and wines of the best
And the words that I said, sure, were only in jest

“You can keep all your whiskey and likewise your beer too
For not another penny I am spending with you
For the money I’ve got, mum, I’m taking good care
And I never will play the wild rover no more”

I’ll go home to my parents and tell what I’ve done
And ask them to pardon their prodigal son
And if they forgive me as they’ve done before
I never, no never, will play the wild rover no more

Hallelujah! I'm A Bum-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
Brightly

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
15) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

[1]Why don't you[2] work like[3] other men[4] do? How the
[5]heck can I[6] work when there's[7] work to[8] do?
Halle-[9]-lujah I'm a[10] bum Halle-[11]-lujah bum a-[12]-gain
Halle-[13]-lujah give us a[14] handout to re-[15]-vive us a-[16]-gain

Hallelujah! I'm A Bum-melody
3/4 Time, Key of G

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 1-0-Q 2-1-Q 2-0-Q
7) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
8) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
13) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
15) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

Lyrics

[1]Why don't you[2] work like[3] other men[4] do? How the
[5]heck can I[6] work when there's[7] work to[8] do?

Chorus:

Halle-[9]-lujah I'm a[10] bum Halle-[11]-lujah bum a-[12]-gain
Halle-[13]-lujah give us a[14] handout to re-[15]-vive us a-[16]-gain

Oh I love my boss and my boss loves me
And that is the reason I’m so hungry

Oh Springtime has come, and I’m just out of jail
Without any money, and without any bail

I went to a house and knocked on the door
The lady said, “Run, bum, you’ve been here before”

When springtime does come, oh won’t we have fun?
We’ll throw up our jobs and we’ll go on the bum!

If I was to work and save all I earn
I could buy me a bar and have money to burn

I passed by a saloon and heard someone snore
I found the bartender asleep on the floor

I stayed there and drank till a copper came in
And he put me to sleep with a tap on the chin

Next morning in court I was still in a haze
The judge looked at me and said, “Thirty days”

The Rangers Command-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
Slowly

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
6) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
10) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
11) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

Come[1] all of you[2] cowboys[3] all[4] over the
[5]land [6]I'll [7]teach you[8] the laws of
[9][10]the Rangers[11] command[12]

The Rangers Command
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
2) 3-2-E 3-2p0-E G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
5) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
6) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
7) 3-2-Q 2-0-Q 2-1-Q
8) 2-1-E 2-1p0-E D7-ST D7-ST
9) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q
10) 3-2-Q 3-0-Q 4-2-Q
11) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]Come[1] all of you[2] cowboys[3] all[4] over the
[5]land [6]I'll [7]teach you[8] the laws of
[9][10]the Rangers[11] command[12]

To hold a six shooter
And never to run
And long as there’s bullets
In one of your guns

I met a fair maiden
Who’s name I don’t know
I asked her to the round up
With me she would go

She said she’d go with me
To the old round up
And drink that hard liquor
Form a cold bitter cup

We started for the canyons
In the fall of the year
Expecting to stay there
With a herd full of steer

But the rustlers broke on us
In the dead of the night
She rose from her warm bed
A battle to fight

She rose from her warm bed
With a gun in each hand
Saying, “Come all you cowboys
and fight for your land”

“Come all of you cowboys
and don’t ever run
As long as there’s bullets
In one of your guns”

Way Down The Old Plank Road-back up
4/4 Time, Key of C
Quick

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Verse:
I'd[C] rather be in[C] Boston[G] with all the hail and[G] rain
[C]than to be in[C] Georgia boys[G] wearing a ball and[G] chain

Chorus:
[C]won't get drunk no[C] more no more[G]won't get drunk no[G] more
[C]won't get drunk no[C] more no more[G]way down the old plank[C]road

Way Down The Old Plank Road-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C

L) 2-1-Q
1) 3-0-Q c-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
2) 2-1-Q C-ST 2-1-Q C-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-0-Q
4) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
6) 2-1-Q C-ST 2-1-Q C-ST
7) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-0-Q
8) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
9) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E c-ST 2-1-Q 3-0-Q
10) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
11) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E C-ST 2-1-Q 3-0-Q
12) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
13) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E C-ST 2-1-Q 3-0-Q
14) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
15) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-2-E 1-2p0-E G-ST
16) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

Lyrics

Verse:
[L]I'd[1] rather be in[2] Boston[3] with all the hail and[4] rain
[5]than to be in[6] Georgia boys[7] wearing a ball and[8] chain

Chorus:
[9]won't get drunk no[10] more no more[11]won't get drunk no[12] more
[13]won't get drunk no[14] more no more[15]way down the old plank[16]road

I went down to Mobile for to get on the gravel train,
Very next thing heard of me, had on a ball and chain

Dony, oh dear Dony, what makes you treat me so?
Caused me to wear the ball and chain, now my ankle’s sore

Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty
If you want to see them some pretty girls, hop to Chattanoogie

I’m going to build a scaffold on some mountain high
So I can see my Dora girl as she goes riding by

My wife died on Friday night, Saturday was buried
Sunday was my courting day, Monday I was married

There is an unwritten rule out there somewhere that every banjo songbook has to have
at least one song in an alternate tuning. A friend of mine thinks this tradition
originated from the coalmines of New Jersey.

“Way Down The Old Plank Road” is a great tune to experiment with in double C
tuning.

In double C tuning you are going to tune your forth
and second strings to C Giving you these new chord
positions to work with.

C: 0-0-0-2
F: 0-2-0-3
G: 2-4-2-0

You might notice that making an actual G chord is kind
of awkward. 99% of the time you can get away with
making your G chord like this:

G: 2-0-2-0

Give it a shot!

Way Down The Old Plank Road-melody
4/4 Time, Key of C
In double C tuning gCGCD

1) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
2) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
4) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
6) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST
7) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q (x-2-0-2)-ST
8) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST 
9) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E (x-0-0-0)-ST 2-2-E 2-2p0-E 3-2-Q
10) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST
11) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E (x-0-0-0)-ST 2-2-E 2-2p0-E 3-2-Q
12) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
13) 1-2-E 1-2p0-E (x-0-0-0)-ST 2-2-E 2-2p0-E 3-2-Q
14) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST
15) 1-0-E 2-2-E 1-0-DT 1-2-E 1-2p0-E (x-0-0-0)-ST
16) 2-0-Q C-ST 2-0-Q C-ST

Down In The Willowy Garden
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
3) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
7) 4-2-Q Em-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E
8) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-0-Q
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
11) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 1-2-Q Em-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-2-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q
17) 2-5-Q (5)C-ST (5)C-ST
18) 1-5-Q 3-7-Q 3-5-Q
19) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
20) 1-2-Q Em-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
21) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
22) 1-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
23) 4-2-Q Em-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E
24) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-0-Q
25) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
26) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
27) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
28) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
29) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
30) 4-2-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
31) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
32) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]Down [1]in the[2] willowy[3] gar-[4]-den my[5] love and
[6]I did[7] meet[8][9]'twas there[10]we sat a[11] court-[12]-ing
my[13] love[14] dropped off to[15] sleep[16] I[17] had a
[18]bottle of[19] burgundy[20] wine[21] which my true[22] love did not
[23]know[24][25]and there I[26] poisoned that[27] dear little[28] girl
[29]down under[30] the banks be-[31]-low[32]

I stabbed her with my dagger
Which was a bloody knife
I threw her in the river
Which was a dreadful sight
My father often told me
That money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little girl
Whose name was Rose Connelly

And now he sits in his cottage door
A-wiping his weeping eye
And now he waits for his own dear son
Upon that scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun
Cruel Hell’s now waiting for me
For I have murdered my own true love
Who’s name was Rose Connelly

What Will We Do With A Drunken Sailor?
4/4 Time, Key of Em

1) 2-0-Q Em-ST 2-0-Q Em-ST
2) 2-0-Q 4-2-Q 3-0-Q 2-0-Q
3) 3-2-Q D-ST 3-2-Q D-ST
4) 3-2-Q 4-0-Q 4-4-Q 3-2-Q
5) 2-0-Q Em-ST 2-0-Q Em-ST
6) 2-0-Q 2-2-Q 1-0-Q 1-2-Q
7) 1-0-Q 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
8) 4-0-E 4-h2-E Em-ST 4-2-Q Em-ST

Lyrics

[1]What shall we do with[2] a drunken sailor?
[3]What shall we do with[4] a drunken sailor?
[5]What shall we do with[6] a drunken sailor?
[7]Early in the [8]morning

Chorus:
Way hey up she rises
Way hey up she rises
Way hey up she rises
Early in the morning

Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Early in the morning

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober
Put him in the longboat till he’s sober
Early in the morning

Put him in the suppers with a hose pipe on him
Put him in the suppers with a hose pipe on him
Put him in the suppers with a hose pipe on him
Early in the morning

Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
Heave him by the leg in a running bowline
Early in the morning

Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
Put him in the bilge and make him drink it
Early in the morning

Keel haul him till he’s sober
Keel haul him till he’s sober
Keel haul him till he’s sober
Early in the morning

Roving Gambler-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST

I[G] am a roving[G] gambler I've[G] gambled all a-[G]-round
[G]when I see a[G] deck of cards I[C] lay my money[G] down

Roving Gambler-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q
1) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q 4-2-Q
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
3) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-0-Q
4) 2-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
5) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
6) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
7) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Lyrics

I[1] am a roving[2] gambler I've[3] gambled all a-[4]-round
[5]when I see a[6] deck of cards I[7] lay my money[8] down

I’ve gambled down in Washington I’ve gambled over in Spain
I’m on my way to Georgia to knock down my last game.

When I was down in Washington many more weeks than three
I fell in love with a pretty little girl and she fell in love with me.

Jesse James-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST

Verse:
Jesse[G] James was a[G] lad who[C] killed many a[G] man
He[G] robbed the[G] Glendale[D7] train[D7]
And[G] with his brother[G] Frank they[C] robbed the Chicago[G] bank
He'd a[G] heart and a[D7] hand and a[G] brain[G]

Chorus:
[C]Jesse had a[C] wife to[G] mourn for his[G] life three
[G]children [G]they were[D7] brave[D7]
but that[G] dirty little[G] coward who[C] shot mister[G] Howard has
[G]laid poor[D7] Jesse in his[G] grave[G]

Jesse James-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
1) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
3) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q 4-2-Q
4) 4-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
5) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
6) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-1-Q 2-0-Q
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST 4-0-Q D7-ST
8) 3-2-Q D7-ST 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
9) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
10) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
11) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-2-Q 4-2-Q
12) 4-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q G-ST
13) 2-0-Q G-ST 3-0-Q 2-0-Q 
14) 3-2-Q D7-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 3-2-Q 2-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]Jesse[1] James was a[2] lad who[3] killed many a[4] man
He[5] robbed the[6] Glendale[7] train[8]
And[9] with his brother[10] Frank they[11] robbed the Chicago[12] bank
He'd a[13] heart and a[14] hand and a[15] brain[16]

Chorus:
[C]Jesse had a[C] wife to[G] mourn for his[G] life three
[G]children [G]they were[D7] brave[D7]
but that[G] dirty little[G] coward who[C] shot mister[G] Howard has
[G]laid poor[D7] Jesse in his[G] grave[G]

It was Robert Ford, that dirty little coward
I wonder how he does feel
For he ate of Jessie’s bread and slept in Jessie’s bed
And he laid poor Jessie in his grave

It was on a Wednesday night and the moon was shining bright
They robbed the Glendale train
And the people they did say for many miles away
It was robbed by Frank and Jessie James

Jessie James was a man, a friend to the poor
He’d never see a man suffer pain
And with his brother Frank, he robbed the Chicago bank
And stopped the Glendale train

It was his brother Frank who robbed the Gallatin bank
And carried the money from the town
It was in this very place they had a little race
For they shot Captain Sheets to the ground

It was on a Sunday night and Jessie was at home
Talking with his family brave
Robert Ford came along like a thief in the night
And laid poor Jessie in his grave

The people held their breaths when they heard of Jessie’s death
And wondered how he came to die
It was one of his gang called Little Robert Ford
He shot poor Jessie on the sly

This song was made by Billy Gashade
As soon as news did arrive
He said there was no man with the law in his hand
Who could take Jessie James when alive

Nancy Whiskey-back up
4/4 Time, Key of G

G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
D) 3-2-Q D-ST 4-0-Q D-ST
C/D) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-0-Q D-ST

Verse:
[G]I am a[G] weaver a[C] Carlton[D] weaver
[G]I am a[G] rash and[C] roving[D] blade
[C]I've got[G] silver[C] in my[D] pockets
[G]I'm off to[G] follow the[C] roving[D] trade and it's

Chorus:
[G]whiskey [G]whiskey [C]Nancy [D]whiskey
[G]whiskey [G]whiskey [C/D]Nancy [G]O

Nancy Whiskey-melody
4/4 Time, Key of G

1) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
2) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST
3) 4-2-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
4) 3-2-Q D-ST 4-0-Q D-ST
5) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
6) 3-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
7) 1-2-Q C-ST 1-2-Q C-ST
8) 2-3-Q D-ST 3-2-Q D-ST
9) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-1-Q C-ST
10) 1-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q G-ST
11) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
12) 3-2-Q D-ST 4-0-Q D-ST
13) 2-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
14) 3-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q G-ST
15) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-1-Q C-ST
16) 2-3-Q D-ST 3-2-Q D-ST

Lyrics

Verse:
[1]I am a[2] weaver a[3] Carlton[4] weaver
[5]I am a[6] rash and[7] roving[8] blade
[9]I've got[10] silver[11] in my[12] pockets
[13]I'm off to[14] follow the[15] roving[16] trade and it's(to chorus)

Chorus:
[G]whiskey [G]whiskey [C]Nancy [D]whiskey
[G]whiskey [G]whiskey [C/D]Nancy [G]O

I went down to Glasgow city
Nancy Whiskey I chanced to smell
I went in, sat down beside her
Seven long years I loved her well
And it’s. . . (to chorus)

The more I kissed her the more I loved her
The more I kissed her the more she smiled
I soon forgot all my mothers teachings
Nancy soon had me beguiled
And it’s. . . (to chorus)

Now I rose early in the morning
To slake my thirst was my need
I tried to rise but was not able
Nancy had me by the knees

I’m going back to Carlton weaving
I’ll surely make those shuttles fly
For I’ll make more at the Carlton weaving
Then I ever did the roving way
And it’s. . . (to chorus)

So come all you weavers, you Carlton weavers
Come all you weavers wherever you be
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
She’ll ruin you like she ruined me
And it’s. . . (to chorus)

Danville Girl-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
Moderately

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
6) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
7) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
8) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
9) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
10) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
11) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
13) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
14) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

My[G] pocket[G] book was[G] emp-[G]-ty my
[C]heart was[C]full of[G]pain [G]ten
[C]thousand [C]miles away[G] from[G] home
[D7]bumming [D7]the railroad[G] train[G]

Danville Girl-melody
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 3-0-Q
1) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 1-0-Q G-ST 1-2-E 1-2p0-E
3) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
5) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
6) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q
7) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
9) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
10) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-2-E 3-2p0-E
11) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
13) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
14) 4-4-Q 4-2-Q 4-0-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST

Lyrics

[L]My[1] pocket[2] book was[3] emp-[4]-ty my
[5]heart was[6]full of[7]pain [8]ten
[9]thousand [10]miles away[11] from[12] home
[13]bumming [14]the railroad[15] train[16]

I was standing on the platform
Smoking a cheap cigar
Listening for that next freight train
To carry an empty car

Well I got off in Danville
Got stuck on a Danville girl
You bet your life she’s out of sight
She wore those Danville curls

She took me in her kitchen
She treated me nice and kind
She got me in the notion
Of bumming all the time

She wore her hair on the back of her head
Like high-toned people do
But the very next train that come down the line
I bid that girl adieu

I pulled my cap down over my eyes
Walked back down to the track
Then I caught a westbound freight
And never did look back

An Irish Soldier Laddie
4/4 Time, Key of C
Brightly

C) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q C-ST
F) 3-2-Q F-ST 4-3-Q F-ST
G) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q G-ST

Verse:
'Twas a[C] morning in Ju-[C]-ly I was[F] walking through Tip-[C]-perary when I[C] heard the battle
[C]cry from the[G] mountains over-[G]-head as I[C] looked up to the[C] sky I saw an
[F]Irish soldier[C] laddie he[G]looked at me right[G] fearlessly and[C] said(to chorus)

Chorus:
[C]will you[G] stand in the[G] band like a[F] true Irish[C] man and
[C]go to fight the[C] forces of the[G] crown[G] will you[C] march with 
O'-[C]-Neil to an[F] Irish battle[F] field for to-[C]-night we're going to[G] free old Wexford[C] town[C]

An Irish Soldier Laddie
4/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-2-Q 4-3-Q
1) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
2) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q 3-0-Q
3) 3-2-Q F-ST 2-1-Q F-ST
4) 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
5) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
6) 3-2-Q C-ST 4-2-Q 3-0-Q
7) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
8) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-Q 4-3-Q
9) 3-0-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E C-ST
10) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-2-Q 3-0-Q
11) 3-2-Q F-ST 2-1-Q F-ST
12) 3-2-E 3-2p0-E C-ST 3-0-Q C-ST
13) 3-0-Q G-ST 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
14) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-2-E 4-2p0-E G-ST
15) 3-0-Q C-ST 4-0-E 4-h2-E C-ST

Lyrics

Verse:
[L]'Twas a[1] morning in Ju-[2]-ly I was[3] walking through Tip-[4]-perary when I[5] heard the battle
[6]cry from the[7] mountains over-[8]-head as I[9] looked up to the[10] sky I saw an
[11]Irish soldier[12] laddie he[13]looked at me right[14] fearlessly and[15] said(to chorus)

Chorus:
[C]will you[G] stand in the[G] band like a[F] true Irish[C] man and
[C]go to fight the[C] forces of the[G] crown[G] will you[C] march with 
O'-[C]-Neil to an[F] Irish battle[F] field for to-[C]-night we're going to[G] free old Wexford[C] town[C]

Said I to this soldier lad, would you take me to your captain
it would be my pride and joy for to march with you today
For my brother fell at Cork and my son at Enniscorthy
And to the noble captain I did say:(to chorus)

We marched back to our homes in the shadow of the evening
With our banners flying low at the memory of our dead
Oh we came back to our homes but without our soldier laddie
But I can still hear those brave words that he said:(to chorus)

Abdul, The Bubul Amir-back up
3/4 Time, Key of G
March Tempo

1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
3) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
4) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
12) 4-2-Q C-ST C-ST
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST G-ST

The[1] sons of the[2] prophet are[3] hardy and[4] bold and
[5]quite unac-[6]-customed to[7] fear[8] but the
[9]bravest of[10] all was a[11] man I am[12] told named
[13]Abdul the[14] Bubul[15] Amir[16]

Abdul, The Bubul Amir-melody
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-0-Q
1) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
3) 2-1-Q C-ST C-ST
4) 3-0-Q C-ST C-ST
5) 1-0-Q 2-1-Q 2-0-Q
6) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
7) 3-2-Q D7-ST D7-ST
8) 4-0-Q D7-ST D7-ST
9) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
10) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
11) 2-1-Q C-ST C-ST
12) 2-1-Q C-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E
13) 2-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 2-1-Q 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 4-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q

Lyrics

[L]The[1] sons of the[2] prophet are[3] hardy and[4] bold and
[5]quite unac-[6]-customed to[7] fear[8] but the
[9]bravest of[10] all was a[11] man I am[12] told named
[13]Abdul the[14] Bubul[15] Amir[16]

When they needed a man
to encourage the van
Or harass a foe from the rear
Storm fort or redoubt,
they had only to shout
For Abdul, The Bubul Amir

Now the heroes were plenty and
well known to fame
Who fought for the ranks of the Czar
But the bravest of these was
a man by the name
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

He could imitate Irving,
play poker and pool
And strum the Spanish guitar
In fact, quite the cream
of the Muscovite team
Was Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

The ladies all loved him,
his rivals were few
He could drink them all under the bar
A gallant or tank, there
was no one to rank
With Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

One day this bold Russian
had shouldered his gun
And donned his most truculent sneer
Downtown he did go where
he trod on the toe
Of Abdul, The Bubul Amir

“Young man,” said Bubul,
“has your life grown so dull
That you’re anxious to end your career?
Vile infidel, know you have trod on the toe
Of Abdul, The Bubul Amir”

“So take your last sunshine and brook,
And send your regrets to the Czar.
By which I imply, you are going to die
Mr. Ivan Skavinsky Skivar.”

Said Ivan, “my friend, your remarks
In the end
Will avail you little I fear;
For you will never survive
to repeat them alive
Mr. Abdul, The Bubul Amir”

Then that bold Mameluke
drew his trusty skibouk
With a cry of “Allah Akbar.:
And with murderous intent
he ferociously went
For Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

They fought all that night
‘neath the pale yellow moon
The din it was heard from afar
And huge multitudes came,
so great was the fame
Of Abdul and Ivan Skivar

As Abdul’s long knife
was extracting the life
In fact, he had shouted “Huzzah!”
He felt himself struck
by that wily Calmuck
Count Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

The sultan drove by on his red breasted fly
Expecting the victor to cheer
But he only drew night to hear the last sigh
Of Abdul, the Bubul Amir

Czar Petrovich too, in his spectacles blue
Rode up in his new crested car
he arrived just in time
to exchange a last line
With Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

There’s a tomb rises where
The Blue Danube rolls
And ‘graved there in characters clear
Are, “Stranger when passing,
oh pray for the soul
Of Ivan Skavinsky Skivar

Rosin The Beau
3/4 Time, Key of G

L) 4-0-Q
1) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
2) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
3) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
4) 4-2-Q C-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
5) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
6) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
7) 4-2-Q Em-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E
8) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-0-Q
9) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
10) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
11) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
12) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
13) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
14) 4-2-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
15) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
16) 3-0-Q G-ST 1-0-Q
17) 1-0-Q 2-0-Q 1-0-Q
18) 1-0-Q 1-2-Q 1-4-Q
19) 1-5-Q (5)C-ST 3-5-Q
20) 1-5-Q (5)C-ST 3-5-Q
21) 1-0-Q 2-0-Q 3-2-Q
22) 3-0-Q 3-2-Q 2-0-Q
23) 4-2-Q Em-ST 3-0-E 3-h2-E
24) 4-2-Q Em-ST 4-0-Q
25) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
26) 2-0-Q 3-2-Q 3-0-Q
27) 1-0-Q G-ST G-ST
28) 1-2-Q C-ST 2-0-E 3-h2-E
29) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
30) 4-2-Q 3-0-Q 3-2-Q
31) 3-0-Q G-ST G-ST
32) 3-0-Q G-ST 4-0-Q

Lyrics

I’ve traveled this world all over
And now to another I go,
And I know that good quarters are waiting
For to welcome old Rosin the Beau.
To welcome old Rosin the Beau
To welcome old Rosin the Beau
I know that good quarters are waiting
For to welcome old Rosin the Beau.

When I’m dead and laid out on the counter,
A voice you will hear from below,
Saying send down a hogshead of whisky
To drink with old Rosin the Beau.
To drink with old Rosin the Beau
To drink with old Rosin the Beau
Saying send down a hogshead of whisky
To drink with old Rosin the Beau

And get a half dozen stout fellows
And stack them all in a row
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
To the memory of Rosin the Beau
To the memory of Rosin the Beau
To the memory of Rosin the Beau
Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
To the memory of Rosin the Beau

Get this half dozen stout fellows
And let them all stagger and go
And dig a hole in the meadow
And in it put Rosin the Beau
And in it put Rosin the Beau
And in it put Rosin the Beau
And dig a hole in the meadow
And in it put Rosin the Beau

Grab a couple of bottles
Put them at my head and my toe
With a diamond ring scratch on them
The name of old Rosin the Beau
The name of old Rosin the Beau
The name of old Rosin the Beau
With a diamond ring scratch on them
The name of old Rosin the Beau

I feel that tyrant approaching
That cruel remorseless foe
But I lift my glass in his honor
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau
But I lift my glass in his honor
Take a drink with old Rosin the Beau