Old Rosin the Beau
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L227
Credit: Traditional · year not shown
Origin: Traditional song, 19th century. Handwritten sheet marked 'Traditional', 3/4, key of C.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rosin_the_Beau
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. 3/4 time, key of C (handwritten sheet, as written).
[Intro (verse)] C I've traveled this wide world all over F C Am G7 And now to another I'll go F C I know that good quarters are waitin' F C G7 C To welcome Old Rosin the Beau [Chorus] C F To welcome Old Rosin the Beau C Am G7 To welcome Old Rosin the Beau C I know that good quarters are waitin' F C G7 C To welcome Old Rosin the Beau C When I'm dead and laid out on the counter F C Am G7 A voice you will hear from below C Singin' out for some whiskey and water F C G7 C To drink to Old Rosin the Beau [Chorus: last line of verse twice, then last 2 lines] [Break (verse)] C Get ya six stompin' broa' laddies F C Am G7 And line them all up in a row C Let 'em drink out of half gallon bottles F C G7 C To the memory of Rosin the Beau [Chorus] C I've only this one consolation F C Am G7 As out of this old world I go C I know that the next generation F C G7 C Will remember Old Rosin the Beau [Chorus, then break (verse and chorus)] C I see that old tyrant approachin' F C Am G7 That cruel remorseless old foe C And I lift up my glass in his honor F C G7 C Take a drink with Old Rosin the Beau [Chorus]