Eli The Barrow Boy

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