Kaatskill Serenade

A B7 E Where are the men that I used to sport with A B7 E What has become of my beautiful town A B7 E Wolf, my old friend, even you don't know me A B7 E This must be the end, my house is tumbled down C#m B A My land it was rich, but I wouldn't work it C#m B A I guess I made a shrew of my wife C#m B A My duty clear, I could always find some way to shirk it C#m B A I dreamed away the best years of my life C#m B A Seems like only this morning, I went up into the mountain C#m B A No word of warning, just her usual curse C#m B A I hated the house, with all her nagging and shouting C#m B A But to be in this strange world was a thousand times worse A B7 E Where are the men that I used to sport with A B7 E What has become of my beautiful town A B7 E Wolf, my old friend, even you don't know me A B7 E This must be the end, my house is tumbled down C#m B A He called me by name, he bought me that cheaply C#m B A He called me by name, I didn't know what to think C#m B A I watched their loud games, and oh, I drink deeply C#m B A Though no-one had ever asked me to drink C#m B A And you know that stolen liquor, it was sweeter than whiskey C#m B A Many times quicker, just to put me to sleep C#m B A That drinking with strangers can be very risky C#m B A My sleep it was long, it was twenty years deep C#m B A Where are the men that I used to sport with C#m B A What has become of my beautiful town C#m B A Wolf, my old friend, even you don't know me C#m B A This must be the end, my house is tumbled down