The Bowld Soger Boy

by American Civil War Song · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

THE BOWLD SOGER BOY
By: Samuel Lover
American Civil War Song
Key: D

-5     6    -6* -3  -3    -4
Oh, there’s not a trade that’s
-5  5*  -5    6   -5  5* -6*  -5
Go-ing worth show-ing or know-ing
 6    -6*  -3  -3  -4  -5   6
Like that from glo-ry grow-ing
-6* -5  6   -5 -5  -5
For a bowld so-ger boy
 -7    -6*  -3  -3  -4 -5
Where right or left we go
 5*  -5   6      -5   6  -6*
Sure you know, friend or foe
 -7  -6*  -3   -3  -4 -5
Will have the hand or toe
 6   -6*   6   -5 -5  -5
From the bowld so-ger boy
  -6*   -7 -8  -7* -8   8*    -9
There’s not a town we march through
-5   6  -6* 6    -5   5*  -5    -4
But the la-dies look-ing arch through
-8  -8  -7*  -8    8*   -9     -5
The win-dow panes will sarch through
 6   -6*  -5  5*   -6*  -4
The ranks to find their joy
 -3   -4 -5    5*    6    -5  -6*  6
While up the street each girl you meet
 7    -6* -7  7   -8  -7 -6* -9
With look so sly will cry My eye
-7 -6* -3  -3 -4  -5   6
Oh, is-n’t he the dar-ling,
-6*   6   -5 -5  -5
the bowld so-ger boy

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