The Decemberists – Eli The Barrow Boy (Ukulele)

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Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out

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All down the day

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Below the tamaracks he is crying

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Corncobs and candle wax for the buying

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All down the day
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Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe

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Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

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She is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove

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And I must push my barrow all the day

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And I must push my barrow all the day
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Eli the barrow boy when they found him

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Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in

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The river down the way

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They lay his body down in a churchyard

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But still when the moon is out with his pushcart

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He calls down the day
[Chorus]
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Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown

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Made of gold and silk Arabian thread

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But I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground

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But still I push my barrow all the day

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But still I push my barrow all the day