Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In
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an old hobo jungle
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on the south side of town,
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all my friends settled down for a meal.
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Two cans of bacon and
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anything anybody could steal.
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tonight everybody was low.
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From the passing of Joseph McSweeney,
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everyone called him Rye Whiskey Joe.
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Oh, Rye Whiskey Joe,
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there's happiness somewhere for you.
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Oh, rye whiskey Joe,
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somewhere out there in the blue
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Now he hopped off the freight train
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With a sort of a look in his eye
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With a smile on his face
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and an old canvas pack
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That was half full of table -talk pies
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for to rest before he traveled on
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But he brought us much more
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singing this song
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Oh Rye Whiskey Joe
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There's happiness somewhere for you
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Oh, Rye Whiskey Joe,
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somewhere out there in the blue.
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After eating in the evening,
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we'd all settle down,
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and we'd listen while he sang his songs.
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With a bottle of whiskey
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there close by his side
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And the light in his eyes
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And his hair was as black as the coal
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And we listened while he
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told his boldly old tales
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And we all called him Rye
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Whiskey Joe
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Oh, Rye Whiskey Joe
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There's happiness somewhere for you
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Old rye whiskey jug,
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somewhere out there in the blue
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Now he closed his eyes
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early one morning,
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they would never open again
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And we buried his gear along with him,
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said a prayer, filled the grave and in bed
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I found a letter in the tall grass nearby
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He said, thank you, Mr. Joseph,
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And good luck to you,
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Rye Whiskey Joe
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Oh, Rye Whiskey Joe
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There's happiness somewhere for you
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Pour our whiskey, Joe,
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Somewhere out there in the blue.
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Somewhere out there in
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the blue.
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Somewhere out there in the blue.
you
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