Gum Tree Canoe
John Hartford
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D G D AD G D A D {Verse]D G On the Tom big bee river soD bright I was bornD A In a hut made of husks of the tall yellow cornD G An there I first meet with myD Julia so trueA An I row'd her about In my Gum TreeD Canoe [Chorus]D Singing row away row, O'er theG waters so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree CanoeD G Singing row away row, O'er the water so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree Canoe [Verse]D G All day in the field the softD cotton I hoeA I think of my Julia and sing as I goContinues after the adD G Oh I catch her a bird, with a wingD of true blueA An at night sail her round in myD Gum Tree Canoe [Chorus]D Singing row away row, O'er theG waters so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree CanoeD G Singing row away row, O'er the water so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree Canoe [Verse]D G With my hands on the banjo andD toe on the oarA I sing to the sound of the rivers soft roar;D While the stars they look down atG D my Julia so trueA An' dance in her eye in our GumD Tree Canoe [Chorus]D Singing row away row, O'er theG waters so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree CanoeD G Singing row away row, O'er the water so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree Canoe [Verse]D G One night the stream bore us soD far away That we couldn't come back so weA thought we'd just stay,D G Oh, we spied a tall ship with aD flag of true blue, And it took us in tow with ourA D gum-tree canoe. [Chorus]D Singing row away row, O'er theG waters so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree CanoeD G Singing row away row, O'er the water so blueA Like a feather we'll float, In ourG D Gum Tree Canoe