Carolina Chocolate Drops

Daughter's Lament

Carolina Chocolate Drops


Tom: Am

     Am              Em    Am
Come in come in my father dear
     F          C        Em
And spend this hour with me
    Am                   F
For I have a meal and a very fine meal
   Em              F
I fixed it up for thee, thee
   Em              Am
I fixed it up for thee


     Am                     Em          Am
No, I ain't coming in no I ain't coming in
     F         C         Em
To spend this hour with thee
    Am                 F
For I have to go down in the mines
      Em                   F
I'll return this night to thee, thee,
      Em                   Am
I'll return this night to thee


     Am                Em         Am
Well, she got up her arrow and a bow
     F     C        Em
Her arrow and her string
    Am                      F
And she went down to the forest deep
     Em              F
And sweetly she did sing, sing
     Em              Am
And sweetly she did sing


     Am              Em    Am
Up spoke up spoke a Mockingjay
     F     C      Em
Up from a willer tree
        Am               F
Saying you had a father in the mines
       Em                 F
Who's gone this day from thee, thee
       Em                 Am
Who's gone this day from thee


    Am          Em    Am
Woe be woe be, Mockingjay
     F     C      Em
Woe be woe be to thee
      Am               F
I'll send an arrow through your heart
    Em                    F
For to bring such news to me, me
    Em                    Am
For to bring such news to me


     Am                 Em    Am
Up spoke up spoke that Mockingjay
        F         C        Em
Don't waste your time with me
    Am                   F
Go home and mind that pretty little girl
      Em               F
Her father no more to see, see
      Em               Am
Her father no more to see


     Am                    Em        Am
When she got home to her house that night
       F       C        Em
That house so cold and mean
    Am                   F
And she held her sister close to her side
     Em              F
And never more did sing, sing
     Em             Am
And never more did sing