When First Into This Country

D G D Oh My Name It Is Delainey, Its A Name It Dont Shame me A G D If I Saved All My Money, I Never Would Have Roamed G D Bm But Drinking And Courting, Not Rambling And Sporting G D G Are The Cause Of All My Ruin, My Absence From Home D G D When First Into This Country, A Stranger I Came A G D I Courted A Maiden, Nancy Was Her Name G D Bm I Courted For Love, But Her love I Couldn’t Obtain G D G Do You Think I Have A Reason, Or A Right To complain D G D I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Night And Day A G D I Stole A Fine Stallion, From Colonel Charles Grey. G D Bm I Rode To See My Nancy, I Rode Day And Night G D G I Courted Fairest Nancy, My Own Hearts Delight D G D The Sheriffs Men They followed, And They Overtook Me G D And Carted Me Away, To The Penitentiary G D Bm They Opened Up The Door And Threw Me Right In G D G They Shaved Off All My Hair, They Cleared off My Chin fiddle Solo D G D they beat me and they banged me, and fed me dried beans G D till I wished in my soul, that I'd never been a thief G D Bm my hands stuck in my pocket, my calfs set on low G D G And my coat of many colors, just like joseph of old