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Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly) chords
AWhen I was young I Eused to wait
On master and Ahand him his plate
A7Pass him the bottle when Dhe got dry
And Ebrush aE7way the Ablue-tail fly
AJimmy crack corn, and EI don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and AI don't care
A7Jimmy crack corn, and DI don't care
My Emaster's E7gone aAway
AWhen he would ride in the Eafternoon
I'd follow him with my Ahickory broom
The A7pony being Drather shy
When Ebitten E7by the Ablue-tail fly
AJimmy crack corn, and EI don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and AI don't care
A7Jimmy crack corn, and DI don't care
My Emaster's E7gone aAway
AOne day he rode aEround the farm
Flies so numerous that they Adid swarm
A7One chanced to bite him Don the thigh
The Edevil E7take the Ablue-tail fly
AJimmy crack corn, and EI don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and AI don't care
A7Jimmy crack corn, and DI don't care
My Emaster's E7gone aAway
Well the pony jumped, he start, he pitch
He threw my master in the ditch
He died and the jury wondered why
The verdict was the blue-tail fly
AJimmy crack corn, and EI don't care
Jimmy crack corn, and AI don't care
A7Jimmy crack corn, and DI don't care
My Emaster's E7gone aAway
Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree
His epitaph is there to see
"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie
The victim of the blue-tail fly"
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Jimmy Crack Corn

by Burl Ives

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Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly) chords

A E

When I was young I used to wait

On master and hand him his plate

A7 D

Pass him the bottle when he got dry

E E7 A

And brush away the blue-tail fly

A E

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

A7 D

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

E E7 A

My master's gone away

A E

When he would ride in the afternoon

I'd follow him with my hickory broom

A7 D

The pony being rather shy

E E7 A

When bitten by the blue-tail fly

A E

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

A7 D

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

E E7 A

My master's gone away

A E

One day he rode around the farm

Flies so numerous that they did swarm

A7 D

One chanced to bite him on the thigh

E E7 A

The devil take the blue-tail fly

A E

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

A7 D

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

E E7 A

My master's gone away

Well the pony jumped, he start, he pitch

He threw my master in the ditch

He died and the jury wondered why

The verdict was the blue-tail fly

A E

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

A7 D

Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care

E E7 A

My master's gone away

Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree

His epitaph is there to see

"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie

The victim of the blue-tail fly"

Set8

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