Anne Kirkpatrick

Old Aunt Eliza

Anne Kirkpatrick

cavaco Intermediate intermediate

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Old Aunt Eliza

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B   B6   B   B6 

Verse 1:

B E B As long as I remember Aunt Eliza was around F# Walking by herself about the yard B E B Maybe sitting in the saddle room, staring at the floor F# B Where the dusty earth was beaten down so hard.

Verse 2:

E B And her faded eyes looked past you, for they didn't seem to see E A F# not of care about what happened today B E B Oh, the only that mattered was the time when she was young F# B And she didn't know that all had passed away
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E B Old Aunt Eliza in your sun bonnet blue E A F# And your long skirts of cotton so old fashioned too B E C# A figure of fun to the heartless and the young F# B but you often made me sad, old Aunt Eliza.
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Verse 3:

B E B Then one day I found her sitting in her quiet room F# with a mirror and a lock of chestnut curls B E B She couldn't quite believe her hair so bonny now was grey F# B And the mirrored face no longer was a girls

Verse 4:

E B So, she let her long hair down and I brushed it soft and fine E A F# And she talked as though I wasn't even there B E Of the parties and the ballrooms and the Bo's she had in line F# B Oh, the fairest of the fair, they called Eliza
Interlude B B6 B B6

Verse 5:

B E B So, I wondered just what happened in those days of long ago F# To make her mind refuse to face the years B E B although Aunt Eliza would be ninety in the spring F# B oh, her memories were fresh enough for tears

Verse 6:

E B I suppose I'll never know and perhaps its better so E A F# but I wish I made a little time to spare B E B for a sad and lonely shadow left behind our busy lights F# B but perhaps old aunt Eliza didn't care
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E B Old Aunt Eliza in your sun bonnet blue E A F# And your long skirts of cotton so old fashioned too B E C# A figure of fun to the heartless and the young F# B B but you often made me sad, old Aunt Eliza.
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