Key: E major
Verse 1
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D
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Mr. Crescent
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D
Heard the song of both the
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lark and the linnet
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D
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G
Played them both upon a parlor spinet
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Bm
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C
One with only nine strings in it
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G
Clinging to the sounding board
Em
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D
For that was all he could afford
Verse 2
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A
Mr. Crescent made a wager
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on a landing stage
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D
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If my ship comes in and the starboard light is blue,
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not green
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Bm
And the port light should be yellow,
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not red
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D
You'll say the hold is full
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of false promises
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C
When I know it's gold in stead
Verse 3
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G
Sister Honey, said to Mr. Crescent
"Haven't you prayed away
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your doubt or isn't there
D
Anything more that I can bless?"
Verse 4
C
As she buttoned her blue
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boot in a state of bliss
Em
Stared at the ceiling above their bed
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Bm
G
Thought of something her mother
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Asus4
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had said
Verse 5
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D
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Crescent is like a man I knew
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D
Left me standing there with
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nothing but you
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Don't be fooled now by
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his bill and coo
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D
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You'll be abandoned too,
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A
D
he'll leave you with an I.O.u .
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Mr. Crescent
Verse 6
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sleeps quite late, then rises
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Tries to stay out of the local assizes
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Bm
F#m
Not one bird sings now he recognizes
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He said, "I'm so long from the
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land that I came from
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I wonder where my
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Honey has gone
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D
I wonder where my Hon
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ey has gone"
Outro 1
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