Blue Mountain Lake

Dm Dm Am Come all you bold fellers, where'er you may be Dm Come set down a-while and listen to me Am The truth I will tell you without a mistake Dm F Dm Of the rackets we had about Blue Mountain Lake Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm Am There's the Sullivan brothers and Big Jimmy Lou Dm F Old Mose Gilbert and Dandy Pat too Dm Am As fine lot of fellers as ever you seen Dm F Dm And we all worked for Griffith on township nineteen Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry, down Dm Am Bill Mitchell, you know, he kept our shanty Dm F And as mean a damn man as you ever did see Dm Am He'd lay round the shanty from morning till night Dm F Dm And, if a man said a word, he was ready to fight Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm Am One morning 'fore daylight Jim Lou, he got mad Dm F Knocked hell out of Mitchell and the boys was all glad Dm Am His wife, she just stood there, and, the truth I will tell Dm F Dm She was tickled to death to see Mitchell catch hell Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm Am Old Griffith he stood here, the crabby old Drake Dm F And a hand in the racket, we thought he would ake Dm Am But a couple of the boys come and took him away Dm F Dm "Becripes," said old Griffith, "I've nothing to say" Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm Am You can talk of your fashions and styles to be seen Dm F But there's none like Nellie the cook of nineteen Dm Am She's short, thick and stout, without a mistake Dm F Dm And we all call her Nellie, the belle of Long Lake Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm Am Well, my song's about over, adieu to you all Dm F Christmas is coming and I'm going to Glens Falls Dm Am And, when I get there, I'll go out on a spree Dm F Dm "Cause when I get drunk, boys, the devil's in me Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down Dm F Dm Derry, down, down, down, derry down