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T:Rosin the Bow
T:Old Rosin the Beau
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
R:Jig
O:Ireland
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/8=180
K:G
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w:I've trav-elled all o-ver this world -- And now to a-no-ther - I go - And
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w:And I know that good quar-ters are wai-ting To wel-come old Ro-sin the Bow
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w:To - wel-come old Ro-sin the Bow - - To wel-come old Ro-sin the Bow - And
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w:I know that good quar-ters are - wai-ting To wel-come old Ro-sin the Bow
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W:1.
W:I've travelled all over this world
W:And now to another I go
W:And I know that good quarters are waiting
W:To welcome old Rosin the Bow
W:To welcome old Rosin the Bow
W:And I know that good quarters are waiting
W:To welcome old Rosin the Bow.
W:.
W:2.
W:When I'm dead and laid out on the counter
W:A voice you will hear from below
W:Saying "Send down a hogshead of whiskey
W:To drink with old Rosin the Bow"
W:To drink with old Rosin the Bow"
W:To drink with old Rosin the Bow"
W:Saying "Send down a hogshead of whiskey
W:To drink with old Rosin the Bow".
W:.
W:3.
W:Then get a half dozen stout fellows
W:And stack them all up in a row
W:Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
W:To the memory of Rosin the Bow
W:To the memory of Rosin the Bow
W:To the memory of Rosin the Bow
W:Let them drink out of half gallon bottles
W:To the memory of Rosin the Bow.
W:.
W:4.
W:Then get this half dozen stout fellows
W:And let them all stagger and go
W:And dig a great hole in the meadow
W:And in it put Rosin the Bow
W:And in it put Rosin the Bow
W:And in it put Rosin the Bow
W:And dig a great hole in the meadow
W:And in it put Rosin the Bow.
W:.
W:5.
W:Then get ye a couple of bottles
W:Put one at me head and me toe
W:With a diamond ring scratch upon them
W:The name of old Rosin the Bow
W:The name of old Rosin the Bow
W:The name of old Rosin the Bow
W:With a diamond ring scratch upon them
W:The name of old Rosin the Bow.
W:.
W:6.
W:I've only this one consolation
W:As out of this world I go
W:I know that the next generation
W:Will resemble old Rosin the Bow
W:Will resemble old Rosin the Bow
W:Will resemble old Rosin the Bow
W:I know that the next generation
W:Will resemble old Rosin the Bow.
W:.
W:7.
W:I fear that old tyrant approaching
W:That cruel remorseless old foe
W:And I lift up me glass in his honor
W:Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow
W:Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow
W:Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow
W:And I lift up me glass in his honor
W:Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow.

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Country of origin: Ireland

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