Home Boys Home

Capo 4 verse 1: G C D G There was an apprentice, lived in Strawberry Lane C D G She was loved by her master and her mistress the same C D G Em Until a young sailor came sailing o'er the sea G C D G And that was the start of her misery verse 2: C D G This young maid being an urfin, she thought it no harm C D G For to go into bed for to keep his back warm C D G Em He hugged her and he kissed her and he called her his 'Dear' G C D G Saying, "I wish that this night were as long as a year" verse 3: C D G It was early next morning the sailor arose C D G And into her apron he put handfuls of gold C D G Em Saying, "Take this and keep it for the wrong that I have done G C D G For this night I may have left you with a daughter or a son" verse 4: C D G "And if it be a girl child, dandle her on yer knee C D G And if it be a male child, call him after me C D G Em And when he is a man, you can dress him up in blue G C D G And he'll skip up the rigging like his daddy used to do [Refrão] C D G And it's home boys home, and it's home I'd like to be C D G It's home for awhile in my own country C D G Em Where the Oak and the Ash and the bonny Elm tree G C D G They are all growing green in my own country