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Version 1

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T:Old Joe Clark
Z:Webmaster
C:Traditional Southern Fiddle Folk Song
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/8=220
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P:verse
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w:Old Joe Clark, the preach-er's son, Preached all o-ver the plain. The 
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w:on-ly text he ev-er used was, "High, low, Jack and the game."
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w:Round and a-round, Old Joe Clark, Round and a-round, I say. He'd
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w: fol-low me ten thou-sand miles, To hear my fid-dle play.
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W:1
W:Old Joe Clark, the preacher's son,
W:Preached all over the plain
W:The only text he ever used was,
W:"High, low, Jack and the game."
W:
W:(chorus)
W:Round and a-round, Old Joe Clark,
W:Round and a-round, I say. 
W:He'd fol-low me ten thou-sand miles, 
W:To hear my fid-dle play.
W:
W:2
W:I used to live on mountain top,
W:But now I live in town.
W: I'm boarding at the big hotel,
W:Courting Betsy Brown.
W:
W:3
W:.When I was a little girl, 
W:I used to play with toys. 
W:Now I am a bigger girl,
W:I'd rather play with boys.
W:
W:4
W:When I was a lit-tle boy. 
W:I used to want a knife. 
W:Now I am a bigger boy,
W:I only want a wife.
W:
W:5
W:Wish I was a sugar tree,
W:Standin' in the middle of some town. 
W:Every time a pretty girl passed, 
W:I'd shake some su-gar down.
W:
W:6
W:Old Joe had a yellow cat, 
W:She would not sing or pray. 
W:She stuck her head in a butter-milk jar, 
W:And washed her sins away.
W:
W:7
W:I wish I had a sweetheart; 
W:I'd set her on the shelf. 
W:And every time she'd smile at me,
W:I'd get up there myself.
W:
W:Alternative chorus I heard many years ago
W:
W:Fare thee well Old Joe Clarke, Fare thee well I'm gone
W:Fare thee well Old Joe Clarke, Goodbye Lucy Long.

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Country of origin: USA

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