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Brunswick Stew by Kacy & Clayton
Brunswick Stew
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Capo: 2nd fret
[Verse 1]
Am E Am E
In Boston town by the water side
Am E Am C
A place of noted fame and pride
C
A fine young girl both pure and chaste
Am G Am E Am
Grew thick and wide around the waist
[Verse 2]
Am
"We feed the girl on fish and bread,"
Am
The young girl’s mother to father said
C
"We feed the girl on the Brunswick stew
Am G Am E Am
And that is why her torso grew"
[Verse 3]
Am
"Although we raised our daughter well,"
Am
The young girl’s father to mother did tell
C
"I fear our daughter has us beguiled
Am G Am E Am
I fear that she's been brought with child"
[Verse 4]
Am
Said the mother, "We'll send the girl away
Am
Before the dark night turns to day
C
We must not let the whole town see
Am G Am E Am
For we are held in high degree"
[Verse 5]
Am E [N.C.] Am
Parents in the parlor, daughter in the hall
Am
Of their sharp words she heard them all
C
Of their sharp words her eyes grew dim
Am G Am E Am
She'd been betrayed by her own kin
[Verse 6]
Am E Am E
She went upstairs to take her rest
Am E Am C
And in the night she found distress
C
That night she heard her babe's first cry
Am G
That night she knew her babe must die
[Interlude]
G A C
Am Cm C
[Verse 7]
Am
The gale wind blew and bent the trees
Am
She stood in the river up to her knees
C
She drenched the hem of her night gown
Am G Am E Am
She left the baby there to drown
[Verse 8]
Am
So the mother and father did turn their cheek
Am
Not a word of the daughter did they speak
C
Though slender in the waist she’d grown
Am G
Their daughter's cruel deed will never be known
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