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    C                      F 
One evenin' for pleasure I rambled to view 
    C           G    C
the fair fields all alone
C                    F
Down by the banks of Loch Erin
      G                        C
Where beauty an' pleasure were known
  Am                       Em
I spied a fair maid at her labor
      Am                      G
Which caused me to stay for a while
      C            Am         Em
An' I thought of a goddess of beauty
F               Fm             C
Bloomin' bright star of Bright Isle.

  C         Am          Em
I humbled myself to her beauty

  G      /a   C
I saw it advertised one day,
         D                                         /f#
that the Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way.
G               C
"Come along 'n' take a trip,
      D                             /f# G
We'll bring you up there on a ship.
                           /a/b C
Bring the wife and family

Bring the whole kids."
D               G
   Yippee!

G . C . D . . G /e-d . . . .
[harp]


Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket
To this thing called the Bear Mountain Picnic.
little did I realize
I was in for a pleasant funny surprise.

F   F   G C   Csus4  C    Am   G   G6  G7

C      F      C     /b   Am    F     F   C/e G/d    C

C     F         C                     Am  G   G6  G7
No more auction block for me, no more, no more
C     F         C         Am  F  C/e G/d  /e /f C
No more auction block for me, many   thousand   gone.

F   C/e G/d    C

No more driver's lash for me, no more, no more
No more driver's lash for me, many thousand gone.

No more pint of salt*) for me, no more, no more
No more pint of salt for me, many thousand gone.

No more auction block for me, no more, no more

A
Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long;
                      D               A
Summer's almost gone, winter's coming on.
A                                                      F#m
Done laid around, done stayed around this old town too long;
       C                      D      A
And it seems like I've got to travel on,
       C               D             A
And it seems like I've got to travel on.

A
Papa writes to Johnny. Johnny can't come home.
                        D                 A

     A
Went out last night to take a little round.
  G
I met my little Sadie and I brought her down.
  A
I ran right home and I went to bed
       G     [n.c.]                  A
With a forty-four smokeless under my head.

I began to think what a deed I'd done,
I grabbed my hat and away I run.
I made a god run but I run too slow;
They overtook me down in Jericho

Standing on a corner ringin' my bell,
Up stepped the sheriff from Thomasville.
He said "Young man is you name Brown?
Remember the night you blowed Little Sadie down."

"Oh, yes sir, my name is Lee.

       G/d    C/e  G/d  C      F
He was just a blue-eyed Boston boy
                     C  
His voice was low in pain
      G/d     C/e G/d  C       F 
"I'll do your biddin', comrade mine,
               C
If I ride back again
       G                 C
But if you ride back and I am left
       G      
You'll do as much for me
G/d         C/e   G/d  C        F
Mother, you know, must hear the news,
                      C
so write to her tenderly."

She's waiting at home like a patient saint,
Her fond face pale with woe
Her heart would be broken when I am gone

C                 Csus4            C
Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night,
F                                            G
Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight.
                               C   (Csus4  C  Csus2  C)
All about that John B. Stetson hat.

Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room, and he called for a glass of beer,
Turned around to Billy Lyons, said, "What are you doin' here?"
"Waitin' for a train, please bring my woman home.

"Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee, please don't take my life.
Got three little children and a-weepin', lovin' wife.

Album version

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C    Csus4   F   "G7"
Woke up this morning,
C  Csus4 F "G7"
feeling blue,
C      F           "G7"       C            F    C
Seen a good-lookin' girl, can I make love with you?
F                     G     Csus4          C  Csus4  F  "G7"
Hey, hey, babe, I got blood in my eyes for you,

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