Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry chords by Evelyn Knight, The Jesters
Verse 1
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Bridgette was a collie with
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an independent air
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And Bridgette had a sweetheart
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who was gay and debonair
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He would woo her, court her,
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jilt her nearly every other day
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Till fi nally Miss Bridgette
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was heard at last to say
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Let him go, let him tarry,
let him sink or let him swim
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He doesn't care for me
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and I don't care for him
He can go and find another
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that I hope he will enjoy
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Cause I'm gonna marry a far nicer boy
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Let him go, let him go
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Let him go, let him tarry, let him stay
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He can go and find another
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that I hope he will enjoy
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Cause I'm gonna marry
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a far nicer boy
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She's gonna marry a far nicer boy
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He can go to his old mother
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and set her mind at ease
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For she's an old, woman
and very hard to please
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She can say that I am flighty
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as she has always done
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But I don't want to marry
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her great big ugly son
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Let him go, let him tarry,
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let him sink or let him swim
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He doesn't care for me
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and I don't care for him
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He can go and find another
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that I hope he will enjoy
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Cause I'm gonna marry a far nicer boy
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The years roll on and left poor
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Bridget high upon the shelf
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And often in the evening
when she's sitting by herself
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She remembers that young fellow
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so deaf and air and gay
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And wishes oh so often
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he'd never heard her say
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Let him go, let him go, let him go, let him go
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Let him go, let him tarry, let him stay
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He did, he found another,
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now nothing's left for me
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Bring back my Barney,
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oh bring him back to me,
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bring him back,
bring him back,
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bring him back, bring him back
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Bring back my Barney to me,
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he wasn't found another,
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none of it's left for me
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Bring back my Bonnie!
Bring back my Bonnie!
Bring back my Bonnie!
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BRING BACK MY BONNIE!
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Bring back my Bonnie to me!
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Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
Evelyn Knight, The Jesters
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