Blue Mountain Lake Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Come all you bold fellers
Where'er you [G]may be
Come [Am]set d[G]own a-while and
and [Am]listen to me[E]
[Am]The truth I will [G]tell you [Am]without [G]a mistake
Of the [Am]rackets we had
About [G]Blue Moun[Am]tain Lake
Derry, down, down, down,
derry down

[Verse 2]
There's the Sullivan brothers and
Big Jimmy [G]Lou
Old Mose Gilbert and [Am]Dandy [G]Pat too[E]
[Am]As fine lot of fellers [G]as ever you seen
And we all [Am]worked for
Griffith on [E]township [G]nine[Am]teen
Derry, down, down, down,
[G]derry, [Am]down[E][Am]
Bill Mitchell, you know, he kept our [G]shanty
An[Am]d as mean a damn [G]man
as you ever [Am]did see
[E]He'd lay rou[Am]nd the shanty
[G]From morning till night
And, if a [Am]man said a word
He was [G]ready to fight
[Am]Derry, down, down, down, [G]derry [Am]down
Derry, down, down, down,

[Verse 3]
derry down
[Am]One morning 'fore daylight Jim Lou
He got [G]mad [Am]knocked hell out
of [G]Mitchell and
The boys was all [E]glad
His wife, [Am]she just stood there, and
The truth [G]I will tell
She was [Am]tickled to death to
[G]See Mitchell catch [Am]hell
Derry, down, down, down,
[G]derry [Am]down
Derry, down, down, down,
[G]derry [Am]down

[Verse 4]
Old Griffith he stood here
[G]The crabby old Drake
[Am]And a hand in the [G]racket
We thought he would [E]ake
But a couple of the [Am]boys
[G]Come and took him away
"Becripes" said [Am]old Griffith
"I've [G]nothing [Am]to say"
Derry, down, down, [G]down, [Am]derry down

[Verse 5]
Derry, down, down, down, derry down
[Am]
You can talk of your fashions
And styles to be [G]seen
[Am]But there's none like [G]Nellie
The cook of nine[E]teen
She's [Am]short,
thick and stout
[G]Without a mistake
And we [Am]all call her Nellie
The [G]belle of [Am]Long Lake
Derry, down, down, down, derry down
Derry, down, down,
down, derry down
Well, my song's about over,
adieu to you [G]all
Christmas is coming and I'm
Going to Glens [E]Falls and, when I [Am]get there
[G]I'll go out on a spree
"Cause when [Am]I get drunk, boys
[G]The devil's in [Am]me
Derry, down, down, down, [G]derry [Am]down
Derry, down, down, down, derry down