The Bold Soldier chords by
Burl Ives

N/A

Key: B major

Verse 1
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Boys and girls sometimes
get the measles,
G G 
 
C C 
 
but in this song, even a sow,
which is another name for a lady pig,
took the measles too.
How do you think I begin in the world?
G G 
 
I got me a sow and sev
C C 
 
eral other things.
The sow took the measles
and she died in the spring.
What do you think I made of her hide?
G G 
 
The very best saddle
C C 
 
that she ever did ride,
saddle or bridle or any such thing.
G G 
 
The sow took the measles,
C C 
 
and she died in the spring.
What do you think I made of her nose?
G G 
 
The very best thimble
C C 
 
that ever sewed clothes,
thimble or thread or any such thing.
G G 
 
The sow took the measles,
C C 
 
and she died in the spring.
What do you think I made of her tail?
G G 
 
The very best whoop that
C C 
 
ever sought to sail,
whoop or whoopsock at any such thing,
G G 
 
the sow took the measles
C C 
 
and she died in the spring.
What do you think I made of her feet?
G G 
 
The very best pickles
C C 
 
that she ever did eat.
Pickles or glue or any such thing,
G G 
 
the sow took the measles
C C 
 
and she died in the spring.

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