Marrowbones

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[Verse]
There was a woman in our town and in
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 our town did dwell
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She loved her old man dearly, but 
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another man twice as well

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
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Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
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She went down to the doctor to see 
if she could find
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Anything in the whole world to 
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make her old man blind

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
“Oh take him sixteen marrowbones and
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 make him eat them all
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And when he's finished he'll be so 
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blind, he won't see you at all”

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
So the doctor he wrote a letter and 
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he sealed it with his hand
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And he sent it up to the old man, 
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to make him understand

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

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[Verse]
But the old man being a crafty 
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bugger, he knew it all before
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He ate 'em up and he says, “My 
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dear, oh, I can't see you at all”

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Instrumental]
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B      F#  B   E B   E B

[Verse]
Says he, “I'll go to the river and 
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there myself I'll drown”
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Says she, “I'll walk along with 
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you, to see that you don't fall 
down”

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
They walked along together till they
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 come to the river's brim
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So gently there she's kissed him 
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and she crept away behind

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
She ran and she ran behind him, to 
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try to push him in
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But the old man heard and he jumped
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 aside and she went tumbling in

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Instrumental]
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B      F#  B   E B   E B

[Verse]
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So loudly she did holler and loud 
for mercy call
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But the old man says, “I am so 
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blind, I can't see you at all”

[Chorus]
And sing 
B
fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
She swam and she swam and she swam 
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around, till she come to the further
 brim
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But the old man got the barge pole 
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and he pushed her further in

[Chorus]
And sing 
B
fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Verse]
“Oh it may take sixteen marrowbones 
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to make your old man blind
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But if you want to murder him, you 
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must creep up close behind”

[Chorus]
And sing 
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fol-la-da-lol-la-da-la-da-day
B         F#     B
Fol-la-da-la-dil-lay

[Otro]
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