Poor Boy (2nd pos)

American folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4
Harp: C

-1 3 3 -3” -3”-4 -3 -3 3 -2”
-4 6 6 -6 -6 -8 -7 -7 6 -5
As I went down to the riv-er poor boy

-2” 2 3 -3” 3 -1
-5 5 6 -6 6 -4
To see the ships go by,

-1 3 3 3 3 -1 3 3 3
-4 6 6 6 6 -4 6 6 6
My sweet-heart stood on the deck of one

3 -3 -3 -3 -3” -3” 3
6 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6
Where she waved to me good-bye

-1 3 3 -3” -4 -3 3 -2”
-4 6 6 -6 -8 -7 6 -5
Hang down your head and cry poor boy

2 3 3 -3” 3 -1
5 6 6 -6 6 -4
Hang down your head and cry

-1 3 3 3 3 -1 3 3 3 3
-4 6 6 6 6 -4 6 6 6 6
Stop think-ing a-bout the wom-an you love

-3 -3 -3 -3”-3-3” 3
-7 -7 -7 -6-7 -6 6
Hang down your head and cry