Key: Bb minor
Verse 1
Am
As I went down to Darby,
all on a market day,
I spied the biggest ram,
Dm
Am
sir, that ever did feed on hay.
E
Bm
E
Dm
It's true me lad, it's true me lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie,
but if you go down to Darby,
E
Am
you'll see the same as I.
Well, horns upon this ram, sir,
they reached up to the moon.
A man climbed up in January,
Dm
E
and he didn't get back till June.
Am
Well, it's true, me lad,
Dm
true, me lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie.
But if you go down to Darby,
E
Am
you'll see the same as I.
Well, the wool upon this ram,
sir, draped down to the ground.
The devil cut a lock of it
A
E
to make his wife a gown
Am
Dm
And it's true, my lad, true, my lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie
But if you go down to Darby,
E
Am
you'll see the same as I
Well, the wolf upon this ram,
sir, reached up to the sky
The eagles built their nests in it,
Dm
E
you could hear the young ones cry
Am
And it's true, my lad,
true, my lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie
Dm
But if you go down to Darby,
E
Am
you'll see the same as I
Well, the man that killed this ram,
sir,
he feared for his life
Dm
He sent to Philadelphia to get him a
E
four -foot knife
Am
Dm
And it's true, Milan, true, Milan,
E
Am
I never was known to lie
E
But if you go down to Darby,
Am
you'll see the same as I
Well, the man that killed this ram, sir,
was drowned in the blood,
And the little boy that held the bowl
Dm
E
was washed away in the flood.
Am
And it's true, me lad, true, me lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie,
E
Am
But if you go down to Darby,
E
Am
you'll see the same as I.
Well, the man that owned this ram, sir,
E
was mighty rich and fine,
Am
But not so much a liar
Dm
E
as the singer of these lines.
Am
Dm
It's true me lad, true me lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie
E
A
If you go down to Darby,
E
you'll see the same as I
A
Well it's true me lad, it's true me lad,
E
Am
I never was known to lie
E
But if you go down to Darby,
Am
you'll see the same as I
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