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Song Name: Billy Broke Locks (hi-lo) By: From the American Revolutionary War
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: D Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-11 15:53:48 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

BILLY BROKE LOCKS hi-lo

From the American Revolutionary War

Key: D

 

  6    6    6   5

  9    9    9   8

There were nine to

 

 5    6   -5  -4   -4

 8    9   -9  -8   -8

hold the Brit-ish ranks

 

-5   5   4   -3    4   -4  3  3

-9   8   7   -7    7   -8  6  6

And five to guard the town a-bout

 

 3   4  5    5   4  -4  5    -5

 6   7  8    8   7  -8  8    -9

And two to stand at ei-ther hand

 

-4   5  4   4   4   5   4  -3  4

-8   8  7   7   7   8   7  -7  7

And one to let the Old Ten-or out