Key: B major•
Verse 1
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When I was young I used to wait
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Upon my master at his plate
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And I'd brush away that blue -tailed fly
They gave me cracked corn,
They gave me cracked corn,
They gave me cracked
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The master's gone away
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And when it dried in the afternoon I'd
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follow behind with a hickory broom
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That pony being like to shine
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Oh, when I'm bitten by that blue -tailed fly
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It gave me crack corn and I don't care
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One day he rode around the farm
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The flies so numerous they did swarm
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One chance to bite him on the thigh
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Oh, well, the devil take that blue -tailed fly
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Give me crack corn, I don't care
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That pony run, he jumped, he pitched
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And he threw my master in the ditch
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He died, the jury wondered why
They gave me crack corn
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They're buried underneath
the cinnamon tree
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His epitaph for all to see
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Beneath the stone I'm a forestal lion
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And I'm the victim of the blue -tailed fly
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The master's gone away
the mountain when she comes
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she'll be comin' round o mountain,
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o 'a mountain,
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when she comes,
all sing,
ay -ay -yippe -yippe -yai,
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singin' ay -ay -yippe -yai -
yippe - singin'
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ay -ay -yippe -yippe -yai.
She'll be ridin' six white horses
when she comes,
She'll be ridin' six white
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horses when she comes
All sing, aye, aye, yippee, yippee, aye
Singin', aye, aye, yippee,
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Singin', aye, aye, yippee, yippee, aye
And we'll all go out to
meet her when she comes
Yes, we'll all go out to
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when she comes
Let's all sing, aye, aye,
yippee, yippee, aye
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Singing aye, yippee, yippee, yippee,
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I lost my partner, what'll I do?
Hey, hey, skip to
Maloo!
Maloo!
Maloo!
I'll find another one prettier in you,
Hey, hey, skip to my loo
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Skip to my loo, my darling
There's a little red wagon, painted blue
And
Hey, hey,
Skip to
Maloo
Skip to
Maloo
Skip to
In a cavern by a canyon
Was a miner, 49er,
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and his daughter
Clementine
oh, my darlin'
Light she was, and like a fairy,
and her shoes were number nine
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sandals were for
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
oh my darling
You are lost and gone forever,
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dreadful sorry
Clementine
oh, my darlin'
You are lost and gone forever,
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dreadful sorry
Em
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Clementine
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin',
oh my darlin'
You are lost and gone forever,
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dreadful sorry
Clementine
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