Eli The Barrow Boy

Am G Am G Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Eli the barrowboy of the old town Am Am/E Am /B C C/G Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G All down the day Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Below the tamaracks he is crying Am Am/E Am /B C C/G Corncobs and candlewax for the buying G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G All down the day F C Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread F C She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove G Am Am/E Am And I must push my barrow all the day G Am Am/E And I must push my barrow all the day Am Am/E Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Am Am/E Am /B C C/G G Am G Am Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Eli the barrowboy when they found him Am Am/E Am /B C C/G Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G The river down the way Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B They lay his body down in a churchyard Am Am/E Am /B C C/G But still when the moon is out with his pushcart G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G He calls down the day F C Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread F C But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground G Am Am/E Am But still I push my barrow all the day G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am But still I push my barrow all the day