The Old Maid And The Burglar
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
(THE) OLD MAID AND THE BURGLAR – THE STONEMANS 1928
[Verse 1]
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I will tell you a story of a burglar man
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Who wanted to rob a house
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He peeped in at the window
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An' in he crept as quietly as a mouse
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Then thinking about the money he'd get,
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As under the bed he lay.
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At nine o’clock he saw a sight,
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That made his hair turn gray
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[Verse 2]
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At nine o'clock an old maid came in.
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“I am so tired,” she said.
Then think - ing ev’ry thing was well
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She forgot t' look under the bed.
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She pulled out her teeth an' her big glass eye
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An' the hair from off her head.
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That burglar man had twenty-one fits
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As he came from under the bed
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[Verse 3]
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She did not holler or scream at all.
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She stood as meek as a lamb.
She said, “Oh, Lord, my prayer is answered.
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At last, I’ve got me a man.
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I’ve waited for forty-one years or more
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You’re the only chance I will get.
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I’ll marry up with you, old boy.
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I won’t lose you, You bet!"
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[Verse 4]
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From out of a drawer, a revolver she drew.
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And to that bur – g - lar said,
“Young man, if you don’t marry me,
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I’ll blow off the top of your head.”
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He looked at her teeth and her big glass eye.
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He had no way to scoot.
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He looked at the old maid standing there
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An’ said, "Woman, for the Lord’s sake, SHOOT!”
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