G C
Dooley was a good old man
G D
He lived below the mill
G C
Dooley had two daughters
D G
And a forty gallon still
C
One girl watched the boiler
G D
The other watched the spout
G C
Mama corks the bottles
D G
When old Dooley sets them out
[Refrain]
G C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler
G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar
D
Dooley, gimme a swaller
G
And I'll pay you back someday
[Verse 2]
G C
The revenuers came back one day
G D
a-slippin' through the woods
G C
Dooley kept behind them all
D G
And never lost his goods
G C G D
Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come
G C D G
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the tun
[Refrain]
G C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler
G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar
D
Dooley, gimme a swaller
G
And I'll pay you back someday
[Verse 3]
G C G D
I remember very well the day old Dooley died
G C
The women all felt sorry and
D G
The men sat around and cried
G C G D
Now Dooley's on that mountain, he lies there all alone
G C D G
They put a jug beside 'im and a barrel for a stone
[Refrain]
G C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler
G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar
D
Dooley, gimme a swaller
G
And I'll pay you back someday
