The Days Of '49 chords by Ed McCurdy
Verse 1
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I'm old Tom Moore
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from the bummer's shore,
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the good old golden days.
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They call me a bummer and a ginsot too,
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but what cares I for praise?
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I've rambled round all over town,
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just like a roving sign,
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and the people all say
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there goes Tom Moore
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in the days of 49.
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My comrades they all loved me well,
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that jolly saucy crew.
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A few hard cases I will admit,
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but they were brave and true.
Whatever the pinch,
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they ne 'er would flinch,
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they never would fretner whine.
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Like good old bricks
they stood the kicks
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in the days of 49.
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There's old Aunt Jess,
that hard old cuss,
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who never would repent.
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He never missed a single meal
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nor never paid a cent.
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But old Aunt Jess, like all the rest,
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at death he did resign.
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And in his bloom,
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he went up the flume
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in the days of 49.
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There was New York Jake,
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the butcher boy,
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who was fond of getting tight.
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And every time he got on a spree,
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he was spoiling for a fight.
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One night, Jake jumped against a knife
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in the hands of old Doc Sign,
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and over Jake we held awake
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in the days of 49.
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Of all the comrades that I've
had
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there's none that's left to boast
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an d I'm alone in my misery
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like some poor wan dering ghost
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an d as I pass from town to town
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They call me the rambling sign
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Since the days of old
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When we dug out the gold
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In the days of 49
The Days Of '49
Ed McCurdy
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