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Verse 1
My name (A minor) it is Joe Bowers,
I"ve (D major) got a brother Ike,
(A minor) I"m just here from Mis (D minor) souri,
(D major) and all the (A minor) way from Pike;
I"ll tell you why I left there and why I came to roam,
(D major) And leave my (A minor) aged parents
so far (D major) away from home.
(A minor) I used to court a girl there, her
name (D major) was Sally Black,
(A minor) I asked her if she"d marry,
she said it was a whack;
She says to me, "Joe (G major) Bower (D major) s,
(A minor) before we"ve hitched for life,
You ought to get a little home
to keep your little (D major) wife."
(A minor) Says I, (F sharp major) "My dearest (B minor) Sally, oh
Sally, for your (D major) sake,
(A minor) I"ll go to (D major) California (F sharp major) and try
and (G major) raise a stake."
(A minor) Says she to me, "Joe Bowers,
you"re just the one to win."
She gave me a kiss to seal the bar
(D major) gain and throwed a dozen in.
(D minor) I"ll never for (A minor) get my feel
(D major) ings when I bid adieu to all.
(B flat minor) Sal she (D major) cotched me around the neck, and I
began to (A minor) bawl.
When I began they all commenced, you never heard the like,
How they (D major) took on and cried and cried
the day I left old (A minor) Pike.
When I got to this country,
I (B minor) had nary a (A minor) red;
I had such wolfish feelings,
I wished myself most dead.
But the thoughts of my dear (G major) Sally (A minor) soon made this feeling git,
And whispered hope to (D minor) Bower
s Lord, I (D major) wish I had "em yet. (A minor)
At last I went to (B minor) mining,
(D major) put in my biggest licks,
(A minor) Come down upon the (D major) boulders just
(A minor) like a thousand bricks;
I worked (D major) both late and early,
(A minor) in rain, in sun and snow,
I (F sharp major) was working (A minor) for my Sally,
(B minor) "twas all the (D major) same to Joe. (A minor)
One day I got a (F sharp major) letter from
(D major) my dear brother Ike,
(A minor) It came from old Missour (G major) i
(A minor) all the way from Pike.
(B flat minor) It taught (D major) me the darndest
(G major) news that (A minor) ever you did hear,
My heart it is a- (D major) breaking,
(D minor) so please ex (A minor) cuse this tear.
It said my Sal was false to me, that her love for (D major) me had fled,
(B flat minor) That she had (A minor) gotten married to
a butcher whose hair was red;
It told me more than that; it"s enough to make me swear,
That Sal had had a baby
and the (B minor) baby had red hair.
Now (D minor) I told you (D major) everything
(B minor) about this sad (D major) sad affair,
(A minor) About Sally"s marrying the butcher
and the baby had red hair;
But whether it was a (D major) boy or girl
(A minor) the letter never said,
It only said the (D major) baby"s
hair was inclined to be red.
Joe Bowers
Pete Seeger
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