The Coal Boat Song

	  		The Coal Boat Song 
By Stompin' Tom Connors 
>From the "B" side of the 45...Big Joe Mufferaw 
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas 
 
 
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I left Cape Briton on the coal boat 
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for St. John's Newfoundland 
                                                                   
I met a little girl named Sally 
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And I took her by her little white hand 
                                                                           
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,  
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I won't go along with your plan 
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You been workin' on the coal boat boy 
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And you're nothin' but a dirty old man 
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You been workin' on the coal boat boy 
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And you're nothin' but a dirty old man 
 
 
 
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Spoken ...Well I had to think of something real fast ya know 
 
 
 
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Yeah well I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats,  
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I wanna live in Newfoundland 
                                                                 
I'll buy a suit & get married,  
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put a ring upon your little white hand 
                                                                 
She nodded her head & said "Ok, Fred",  
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Sall went along with the plan 
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But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy  
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And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man 
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But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy 
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And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man 
 
 
 
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It was sometime later on the Coal Boat 
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I got a little letter from home 
                                                                 
Sally said Freddy was a good boy,  
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but the little beggar wanted to roam 
                                                           
She said, "It's too bad he's got you for a dad  
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And I hope that you feel real grand. 
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He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy  
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to be just like his dirty old man" 
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He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy  
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to be just like his dirty old man" 
 
 
 
 
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I left Cape Briton on the coal boat 
                        A7 
for St. John's Newfoundland 
                                                                   
I met a little girl named Sally 
                                   D   
And I took her by her little white hand 
                                                                           
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,  
                            G 
I won't go along with your plan 
                          D                                             
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy  
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'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man 
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You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy  
         A7                     D 
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man 
 
 
 
 
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So come all young fellars on the coal boat, 
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I hope you're gonna understand 
                                                                  
If you got a pretty little girlfriend  
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and ya takes her by the little white hand 
                                                         
If she turns her back & says "No way Jack,  
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I won't go along with Yer plan" 
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Just keep workin on the coal boats boy  
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if ya wants to be a dirty old man 
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Just keep workin on the coal boat boy  
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And you'll be nothin' but a dirty old man