Key: C
Introduction:
C
There's an old man who lives by the river
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In an old log cabin with the cracks in the wall
Makes his livin' by the catchin' of the fish
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If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall
F
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
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Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
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Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
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Wade across the river where the waters ain't deep
Old man prayed the big fish are bitin'
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The time of the year it's late in the fall
Winter's 'commin' the winds gonna whistle
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Snow gonna blow through the cracks in the wall
F C
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
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Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
F C
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
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Wade across the river where the water ain't deep
The old man Courted a pretty youg maiden