Capo 4
(Intro )- Am G Am G
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Eli the barrowboy of the old town
Am Am/E Am /B C C/GSells coal and marigolds and he cries out
- G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
All down the day
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Below the tamaracks he is crying
Am Am/E Am /B C C/GCorncobs and candlewax for the buying
- G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
All down the day
- F C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
F CShe is dead and gone and lying in the pine grove
- G Am Am/E Am
And I must push my barrow all the day
G Am Am/E And I must push my barrow all the day
(Interlude:)
- Am Am/E Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Am Am/E Am /B C C/G G Am G Am
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B Eli the barrowboy when they found him
Am Am/E Am /B C C/GDressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in
- G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
The river down the way
Am Am/E Am /B C C/G C /B They lay his body down in a churchyard
Am Am/E Am /B C C/GBut still when the moon is out with his pushcart
- G Am Am/E Am G Am Am/E Am G
He calls down the day
- F C
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
F Am Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
F CBut I am dead and gone and lying in the church ground
- G Am Am/E Am
But still I push my barrow all the day
G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am But still I push my barrow all the day
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