Shanty Mans Life

	  		 

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A shanty man's life is a wearisome one 
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Though some say it's free from care 
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It's the swinging of an axe 
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From morning 'till night 
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In the forest wild and drear 

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Transported as we are from a lady so fair 
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To the banks of some lonely stream 
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Where the wolf, bear, and owl 
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Give a terrifying howl 
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And disturb our nightly dreams 

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Oh sleeping at night in our bunks without cheer 
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While the cold winter winds do blow 
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But as soon as the morning 
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Star does appear 
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To the wild woods we must go 

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Had we ale, wine, or beer our spirits for to cheer 
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When we're in those woods so wild 
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Where a glass of whiskey shone 
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When we're in the woods alone 
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For to pass away our long exile 

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A shanty man's life is a wearisome one 
                     G         Am 
Though some say it's free from care 
         E             Am 
It's the swinging of an axe 
                   G 
From morning 'till night 
      Am       F          Am 
In the forest wild and drear 

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