Bluetail Fly (hi-lo)

Trad. Folk song
Burl Ives
Key: F

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When I was young I used to wait

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on Mas-ter and hand him his plate,

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And pass the bot-tle when he got dry

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and brush a-way the Blue Tail Fly.

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Jim-my crack corn and I don’t care,

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Jim-my crack corn and I don’t care,

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Jim-my crack corn and I don’t care,

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My Mas-ter’s gone a-way.