Key: F major•
Verse 1
I want you to listen to this song.
When I was about your size,
there was an old fella
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And he told me that it was sure the truth.
And I used to say,
I don't believe it is now, is it?
and see if you don't think
he was kidding me just a little bit.
Mr. Darby lived down on the creek
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every manor in the creek
We used to sit with open mouths
And listen to his yarns
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About the things when he was young
Before us boys was born
Now wasn't he a -biggin' girls
Wasn't he a -biggin' boys
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Before they cut him down
awful big sheep.
My granddad had a big old sheep.
I still can hear him say,
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one of the finest rams,
yes sir, that ever was fed on hay.
He had four legs to walk with
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and every foot that he had
would cover an acre of land.
Wasn't he a -biggin' boys?
Wasn't he a -biggin'
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And now wasn't he a -beggin' boys
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upon his back
reached down to the ground
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And when they cut it off in the spring
it would weigh ten thousand pounds
And the wool that growed
upon his neck
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An d the hawks would
build their nest in it,
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cause I heard the little ones cry.
Now, wasn't he a -beggin' boys?
Now, wasn't he a -beggin' boys?
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I don't quite believe that myself,
do you now?
Oh, before they cut him down.
Now, the butcher man that cut his throat
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was washed away in the flood.
Now, wasn't he a -beggin' boys?
Wasn't he a -beggin' girls?
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Wasn't he a -beggin' bars
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb Bbm C G...
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