The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6761 Message #2409303
Posted By: GUEST,ednaelk/diane
09-Aug-08 - 11:27 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Tell Old Bill
Subject: RE: Tell Old Bill or THIS MORNING THIS EVENING, SO
Here are the chords and lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-songs-with-chords:
G Am G D G Am
Tell old Bill, when he comes home this morning,
G Am G Am G Bm
Tell old Bill, when he comes home this evening,
G Am G D
Tell old Bill when he comes home,
G Am G D
To leave them downtown gals alone,
G Am G D G
This morning, this evening, so soon.
Bill left by the alley gate this morning,
Bill left by the alley gate this evening,
Bill left by the alley gate,
and old Sal says, "Now don't be late",
This morning,this evening, so soon.
Bill's wife was a-baking bread this morning,
Bill's wife was a-baking bread this evening,
Bill's weife was a-baking bread,
when she found out that her Bill was dead,
This morning, this evening, so soon.
Oh no, that can't be so, this morning,
Oh no, that can't be so, this evening,
Ok no, that can't be so,
My bill left home just an hour ago,
This morning, this evening, so soon.
They brought Bill home in the hurry-up wagon, this morning,
They brought Bill home in the hurry-up wagon, this evening,
They brought Bill home in the hurry-up wagon,
Poor dead Bill how his toes were draggin,
This morning, this evening, so soon.
Oh no, that cannot be this morning,
Oh no, that cannot be this evening,
Oh no, that cannot be
They shot my Bill in the first degree,
This morning, this evening, so soon.
Repeat verse 1