Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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When I was no but sweet sixteen
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With beauty just a -bloomin' old
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It's little, little did I think
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At nineteen I'd be greeting old
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And leave their lasses grieving, oh
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Oh, I was fond of company
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And gave the ploughboys freedom, oh
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To kiss and clap me in the dark
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When all my friends were sleeping, oh
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For the plow -boy lads,
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Or they'll take your all in the gun of war
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And leave their lives in grieving awe
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What if I had can't, but I now can't
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And taken my mother's bedding, oh
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Oh, I wouldn't be sitting by our fireside
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Cry in' hush -a -bye, my Barney O
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For the plow -boy lads,
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And leave their lasses grieving low
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But the Lord knows who's your daddy -o
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and you take care of the plowboys
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And leave their lasses grieving o 'er you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAb Eb Db
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