Oh, Boys, Carry Me Long (chrom)

OH, BOYS, CARRY ME LONG chrom
Trad. spiritual
Key: G
Time: 6/8

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Oh, car-ry me ‘long,
  -3   -4  -4   -4  -3   3  -3
Dere’s no more trou-ble for me
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I’s gwine to roam in a hap-py home
 -5   -5  -4  -3   3  -3  3
Where all de dark-ies am free
 -5    -5    -4  4  -5   3
I’ve worked long in de fields
 -3   -4  -4  -4 -3 3 -3
I’ve hand-led man-y a hoe
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I’ll turn my eye be-fore I die
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And see de sug-ar cane grow
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Oh, boys, car-ry me ‘long
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Car-ry me till I die
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Car-ry me down to de bur-y-ing groun’
 6  -5  -4  -3   -3   3
Old Mas-sa don’t you cry