Porter Wagoner – Dooley (Ukulele)

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[Verse 1]
G            C
Dooley was a good old man

   G               D
He lived below the mill

G              C
Dooley had two daughters

      D            G
And a forty gallon still

                     C
One girl watched the boiler

    G                 D
The other watched the spout

G              C
Mama corks the bottles

         D                G
When old Dooley sets them out
[Refrain]
G                            C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler

                                 G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar

                         D
Dooley, gimme a swaller

                          G
And I'll pay you back someday
[Verse 2]
    G              C
The revenuers came back one day

  G                    D
a-slippin' through the woods

G             C
Dooley kept behind them all

    D              G
And never lost his goods

G            C           G              D
Dooley was a trader when into town he'd come

G            C            D             G
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the tun
[Refrain]
G                            C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler

                                 G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar

                         D
Dooley, gimme a swaller

                          G
And I'll pay you back someday
[Verse 3]
G          C             G              D
I remember very well the day old Dooley died

    G              C
The women all felt sorry and

    D                  G
The men sat around and cried

    G                C            G               D
Now Dooley's on that mountain, he lies there all alone

     G           C              D            G
They put a jug beside 'im and a barrel for a stone
[Refrain]
G                            C
Dooley, steppin' up a holler

                                 G
Dooley, tryin' to make a dollar

                         D
Dooley, gimme a swaller

                          G
And I'll pay you back someday