Misc Traditional – Dance Boatman Dance (Guitar)

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[Intro]
       D
The boatman dance, the boatman sing,

       D               A    D
The boatman do ‘most anything,

       D
And when the boatman get on shore,

       D                 A        D
He spends his cash and works for more.
[Chorus]
D                        D       A       D
Dance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,

D                          G         D
Dance all night till the broad daylight,

     G             A            D
Go home with the gals in the morning.

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio,

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D                  G          A   D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio.
[Verse]
       D
The boatman is a thrifty man,

          D                 A       D
There’s none can do as the boatman can.

    D
I never saw a pretty girl in my life

       D             A        D
But that she was a boatman’s wife.
[Chorus]
D                        D       A       D
Dance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,

D                          G         D
Dance all night till the broad daylight,

     G             A            D
Go home with the gals in the morning.

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio,

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D                  G          A   D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio.
[Verse]
   D
I went on board the other day

    D                     A     D
To see what the boatman had to say,

    D
And there I let my passion loose;

       D                A     D
They crammed me in the calaboose.
[Chorus]
D                        D       A       D
Dance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,

D                          G         D
Dance all night till the broad daylight,

     G             A            D
Go home with the gals in the morning.

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio,

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D                  G          A   D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio.
[Verse]
  D
When you go to the boatman’s ball,

    D                     A     D
Dance with your wife or not at all.

D
Sky-blue jacket, tarpaulin hat,

       D                 A            D
Look out, boys, for the nine-tailed cat.
[Chorus]
D                        D       A       D
Dance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,

D                          G         D
Dance all night till the broad daylight,

     G             A            D
Go home with the gals in the morning.

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio,

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D                  G          A   D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio.
[Verse]
  D
When the boatman blows his horn,

D                           A       D
Look out, old man, your daughter’s gone.

     D
He stole my sheep, he stole my goat,

       D                 A              D
He put ’em in a bag and took ’em to the boat.
[Chorus]
D                        D       A       D
Dance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,

D                          G         D
Dance all night till the broad daylight,

     G             A            D
Go home with the gals in the morning.

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio,

G
Hi, ho, the boatman row,

D                  G          A   D
Sailing down the river on the Ohio.