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I have travell’d this wide world over,
And now to another I’ll go
I know that good quaters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
To welcome old Rosin the beau
To welcome old Rosin the beau
I know that good quaters are waiting
To welcome old Rosin the beau. |
You must get some dozer, good fellows
And stand them all round in a row
And drink out half gallon bottles
To the name of old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
To the name of ... |
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When I’m dead and laid cut on the counter,
A voice you will hear from below
Singing some plain whiskey and water
To drink to old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
To drink to old Rosin the beau.
To drink to old Rosin the beau.
Singing some plain whiskey and water
To drink to old Rosin the beau. |
Get four or five jovial young fellows
And let them all staggering go
And dig a deep hole in the meadow
And in it toss Rosin the beau.
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And in ... |
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And when I am dead I reckon
The ladies will all want to know
Just lift the lid off of the coffin
And look at old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
And look ... |
Then get you a couple of donocks
Place one at my head and my toe
And do not fail to search on it
The name of old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
The name ... |
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I’ll have to be buried I´m thinking
And I would like it done just so
And be sure not to go contrary
To the wish of old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
To the wish ... |
I feel the grim tyrant approaching
That cruel implacable foe,
Who spares neither age or condition
Nor even old Rosin the beau.
Chorus:
Nor even ... |
