The Carter Family

Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy

The Carter Family


Tom: A

(intro) A E A A D E A

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    'Tis true the rain that has no end,
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    it's hard to find a faithful friend,
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    and when you find one just and true,
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    he's dropped the old one for the new.

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Bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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that I may ever happy be.

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    Must I go bound and have no free,
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    must I love a boy that don't love me?
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    Or must I act the childish part,
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    and love that boy that broke my heart?

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Bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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that I may ever happy be.

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    Last night my lover promised me
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    to take me across the deep blue sea,
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    and now he's gone and left me alone,
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    an orphan girl without a home.

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Bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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that I may ever happy be.

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    O dig my grave, both wide and deep,
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    place marble at my head and feet,
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    and on my breast a snow white dove
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    to show to the world I died for love.

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Bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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bring back my blue eyed boy to me,
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that I may ever happy be.

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