Tonalité : C major
Verse 1
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I was born and
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bred in Bo ston,
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a place you all know well.
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Brought up by honest parents,
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and the truth to you I'll tell.
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Brought up by honest parents
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and reared most tenderly
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Till I became a sport in play
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at the age of twenty -three
My character was broken
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and I was sent to jail
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My friends and parents did their best
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to get me out on bail
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The jury found me guilty
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and the judge, he wrote it down
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For the breaking of the Union Bank,
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you were sent to Charlestown
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I can see my dear old father,
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a -standing at the bar
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Also my dear old mother,
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she's a -tearing her grey hair
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She's a -tearing all their old grey locks
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And the tears come trickling down
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Son, oh son, what have you done
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To be sent to Charlestown?
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set my foot on an eastbound train,
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One course and a day.
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And every station I pass by
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I could hear the people say
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There goes that Boston burglar
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In iron chains he is bound
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For the breaking of the Union Bank
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He is sent to Charlottestown
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There's a girl in Boston City,
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boys, a girl I know quite well.
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If I get my liberty, it's with her I will dwell.
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If ever I get my liberty,
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rough company I will shun.
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Likewise the walking of the streets,
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And the drinking of the rum.
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Now you that have your liberty,
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Pray keep it if you can,
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And don't go midnight rambling,
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Or you'll break the laws of man.
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And if you do, you're sure to rue
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And you'll find yourself like me
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A sentence down to twenty -one years
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Of penal sabbatee
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A sentence down to 21 years
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of penal servitude
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