Key: E major
Verse 1
B
E
G#m
A
Mr. Crescent
B
E
Heard the song of both the
G#m
A
lark and the linnet
B
E
G#m
A
Played them both upon a parlor spinet
B
C#m
G#m
D
One with only nine strings in it
E
A
Clinging to the sounding board
F#m
B
E
For that was all he could afford
Verse 2
G#m
A
B
Mr. Crescent made a wager
E
G#m
A
on a landing stage
B
E
G#m
If my ship comes in and the starboard light is blue,
E
A
not green
B
C#m
And the port light should be yellow,
D
E
You'll say the hold is full
F#m
Bsus4
B
D
When I know it's gold in stead
Verse 3
D
A
Sister Honey, said to Mr. Crescent
"Haven't you prayed away
Verse 4
D
As she buttoned her blue
A
C#m
A
Thought of something her mother
B
Bsus4
B
had said
Verse 5
B
E
G#m
A
Crescent is like a man I knew
B
E
Left me standing there with
G#m
A
nothing but you
C#m
G#m
his bill and coo
D
E
A
You'll be abandoned too,
F#m
A
B
E
he'll leave you with an I.O.u .
G#m
A
Mr. Crescent
Verse 6
E
G#m
A
Tries to stay out of the local assizes
B
C#m
G#m
Not one bird sings now he recognizes
D
E
He said, "I'm so long from the
F#m
B
I wonder where my
E
G#m
A
Honey has gone
B
E
I wonder where my Hon
G#m
A
ey has gone"
Outro 1
B
E
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