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Rake And Rambling Boy

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Joan Baez - Rake and Rambling Boy
Joan Baez (1960)
Original in C
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                              C.
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a Fcity I did enCjoy
And now I've Fmarried me a pretty little Cwife
And I love her Gdearer than I love my Clife
                                    C.
   Oh, she was pretty, both neat and gay
   Caused me to Frob the broad highCway
   Oh, yes, I Frobbed it, I do deCclare
   And I got myGself ten thousand Cbail
                              C.
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a Fcity I did enCjoy
And now I've Fmarried me a pretty little Cwife
And I love her Gdearer than I love my Clife
                              C.
   Oh when I die don't bury me at all
   Place Fmy bones in alcoChol
   And at Fmy feet place a white snow Cdove
   To tell the Gworld that I died for Clove
                              C.
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy
There's many a Fcity I did enCjoy
And now I've Fmarried me a pretty little Cwife
And I love her Gdearer than I love my Clife
And I love her Gdearer than I love my Clife

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Rake And Rambling Boy

by Joan Baez

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Joan Baez - Rake and Rambling Boy

Joan Baez (1960)

Original in C

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Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy

F C

There's many a city I did enjoy

F C

And now I've married me a pretty little wife

G C

And I love her dearer than I love my life

Oh, she was pretty, both neat and gay

F C

Caused me to rob the broad highway

F C

Oh, yes, I robbed it, I do declare

G C

And I got myself ten thousand bail

Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy

F C

There's many a city I did enjoy

F C

And now I've married me a pretty little wife

G C

And I love her dearer than I love my life

Oh when I die don't bury me at all

F C

Place my bones in alcohol

F C

And at my feet place a white snow dove

G C

To tell the world that I died for love

Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy

F C

There's many a city I did enjoy

F C

And now I've married me a pretty little wife

G C

And I love her dearer than I love my life

G C

And I love her dearer than I love my life

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