Boston Burglar chords by Margaret Barry

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Verse 1
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I was born in Reading, Boston,
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a place you won't know well.
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Brought up by honest parents,
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the truth to you I'll tell.
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Brought up by honest parents,
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and rare most tenderly.
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Till I  became a sporting boy
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at  the age of twenty -three
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My character it was broken
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and I  was sent to jail
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My friends and parents did their best
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to get me a weight on bill
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When the jury found me guilty
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and the judge he rose it down
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For the breaking of the union bank
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you were sent  to Charlestown
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I can see my old age father
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standing at the back
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Also my own dear mother
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was a -tearin' over here
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Tearin' out her old grey locks
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and the tears came tumbling down
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My son, my son,
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what have you done
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to  be sent to Charlestown?
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There is a girl in Boston,
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a girl that I know well
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And if ever I get my liberty,
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with her I mean to  dwell
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And if I get my liberty,
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that company I'd
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Likewise the walking of the street,
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or the drinking of a strong rummel.
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Now all you gallant highway men,
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pay heed to what I will say.
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Never go away trembling at night,
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or at the break of day.
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For if you do, you surely will rue
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Your life will be like mine
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You'll be sentenced up
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to seven long years
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To a place called Charlestown
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