The Bowld Soger Boy

By: Samuel Lover
American Civil War Song
Key: D

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Oh, there’s not a trade that’s
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Go-ing worth show-ing or know-ing
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Like that from glo-ry grow-ing
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For a bowld so-ger boy
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Where right or left we go
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Sure you know, friend or foe
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Will have the hand or toe
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From the bowld so-ger boy
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There’s not a town we march through
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But the la-dies look-ing arch through
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The win-dow panes will sarch through
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The ranks to find their joy
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While up the street each girl you meet
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With look so sly will cry My eye
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Oh, is-n’t he the dar-ling,
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the bowld so-ger boy