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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Original Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXrHK2-6cGE&ab_channel=BrianMiller-Topic
All chords at the end of a line are played twice unless other wise stated this is mostly
in the womans part where she sings one line into the next without a rest.
[Verse I]
C F
One evenin' in june as I rambled
C F
The green woods and valleys among
C F
Mosquitos were buzzin' harmonious
C F
In tune with the whippoorwill song
C G
The frogs in the marshes were croakin'
C Am
The tree toads were whistlin' for rain
C F
And the partridges round me were drummin'
C F
On the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse III]
C F
It was then I beheld a young maiden
C F
Who was walkin' alone on the shore
C F
She was mournin' off for a young raftsman
C F
sayin' I fear I will see him no more
C G
He went off on a fleet with Ross Gamble
C Am
And he left me in sorrow and pain
C F
And it's over two months since he started
C F
From the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse IV]
C F x1
His pants were made out of two meal sacks
C F
with a patch of foot square on each knee
C F x1
His shirt and his jacket were dyed
C F
with the bark of a butternut tree
C G x1
He wore a large open-faced ticker
C Am
With almost a yard of steel chain
C F
when he went away with Ross Gamble
C F
From the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse V]
C F x1
He was stout and broad shouldered and manly
C F
His height was about six-foot-one
C F x1
His hair was inclined to be sandy
C F
His whiskers as red as the sun
C G x1
His name it was honest John Murphy
C Am
And on it there nere was a stain
C F
For he loved the bold Wisconsin River
C F
It's the reason he left the Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse VI]
C F
If John Murphy's the name of your raftsman
C F
I used to know him very well
C F
But sad is the tale I must tell you
C F
Your Johnny was drowned in the dells
C G
We buried him 'neath the scrub Nor'way
C Am
You'll never behold him again
C F
No stone marks the spot where your Johnny
C F
Sleeps far from the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse VII]
C F
My curses attend you Wisconsin
C F
May your rapids and falls cease to roar
C F x1
May every toll havin' sandbar
C F
Be as dry as a log schoolhouse floor
C G
May the willows on all of your islands
C Am
Lie down like a field of ripe grain
C F
for takin' my only love Johnny
C F
From the Banks of the Little Eau Pleine
[Outro]
C F
C F
C G
C Am
C
All chords at the end of a line are played twice unless other wise stated this is mostly
in the womans part where she sings one line into the next without a rest.
[Verse I]
C F
One evenin' in june as I rambled
C F
The green woods and valleys among
C F
Mosquitos were buzzin' harmonious
C F
In tune with the whippoorwill song
C G
The frogs in the marshes were croakin'
C Am
The tree toads were whistlin' for rain
C F
And the partridges round me were drummin'
C F
On the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse III]
C F
It was then I beheld a young maiden
C F
Who was walkin' alone on the shore
C F
She was mournin' off for a young raftsman
C F
sayin' I fear I will see him no more
C G
He went off on a fleet with Ross Gamble
C Am
And he left me in sorrow and pain
C F
And it's over two months since he started
C F
From the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse IV]
C F x1
His pants were made out of two meal sacks
C F
with a patch of foot square on each knee
C F x1
His shirt and his jacket were dyed
C F
with the bark of a butternut tree
C G x1
He wore a large open-faced ticker
C Am
With almost a yard of steel chain
C F
when he went away with Ross Gamble
C F
From the banks of the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse V]
C F x1
He was stout and broad shouldered and manly
C F
His height was about six-foot-one
C F x1
His hair was inclined to be sandy
C F
His whiskers as red as the sun
C G x1
His name it was honest John Murphy
C Am
And on it there nere was a stain
C F
For he loved the bold Wisconsin River
C F
It's the reason he left the Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse VI]
C F
If John Murphy's the name of your raftsman
C F
I used to know him very well
C F
But sad is the tale I must tell you
C F
Your Johnny was drowned in the dells
C G
We buried him 'neath the scrub Nor'way
C Am
You'll never behold him again
C F
No stone marks the spot where your Johnny
C F
Sleeps far from the little Eau Pleine
[Instrumental]
C G
[Verse VII]
C F
My curses attend you Wisconsin
C F
May your rapids and falls cease to roar
C F x1
May every toll havin' sandbar
C F
Be as dry as a log schoolhouse floor
C G
May the willows on all of your islands
C Am
Lie down like a field of ripe grain
C F
for takin' my only love Johnny
C F
From the Banks of the Little Eau Pleine
[Outro]
C F
C F
C G
C Am
C
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