Key: Ab major
Verse 1
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Half -past four,
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Sam McGraw came sneaking to
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I've been waiting up
Verse 2
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all night,
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to bed.
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but his wifey grew very wild.
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Where have you been all night long,
she cried,
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and this is what Danny replied.
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on the good ship Rock -N -Ryde.
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But I floated too far,
I was out there alone,
wishing that I was home.
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The ship got wrecked
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and there was only one thing left to do.
So I had to drink the whole green river dry
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to get back home to you.
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Danny Sprout, raised a rouse,
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said, I'll go home to mother now.
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Danny said, that's a my dear,
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better than bringing mother here.
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At the door, there she saw,
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her pa and ma and several more.
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Dad was explaining as he came in,
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telling ma where he had been.
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I've been floating down
the old green river
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on the good ship Rock and Rhyme.
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But I floated too far,
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I got stuck on a bar.
while the schooners went past.
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The ship got wrecked
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And there was only one thing left to do.
So I had to drink the whole green river dry
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to get back home to you.
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