Eli, The Barrowboy
The Decemberists
Picaresque
CAPO 4
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eli, the barrow boy of the old town
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sells coal and marigolds
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and he cries out all down the day
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below the tamaracks he is crying
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corn cobs and candlewax 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 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
Eli the barrowboy when they found him
dressed all in corderoy
he had drowned in the river down the way
they lay his body down in a churchyard
but still when the moon is out
with his pushcart he calls down the day
would i could afford to buy my love a fine gown
made of gold and silk arabian thread
but i am dead and gone and lying in the church ground
but still i push my barrow all the day
but still i push my barrow all the day
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