Ron Hynes Boy From Old Perlican Lyrics

Boy From Old Perlican chords by Jan Smith

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Stranded in Nashville.         I'm a Boy from Old Perlican

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I went Buskin' down Broadway I made 4 bucks American

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An' I'm homesick and wishin' I was still back home fishin'

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But all those times are gone

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How strange to be in Tennessee singin' Newfoundland Songs

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I crossed over the border ‘neath the light from the stars

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‘ had the luck of da Irish I had my daddy's guitar

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It's Gibson     J   45,        it's gonna keep me alive

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And comfort me midnight ‘til dawn

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Aw how strange to be here in Tennessee 

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Singin' Newfoundland Songs

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I know it isn't Hank Williams, though I can sing him as well

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I Sing Jimmy Roger's Blue Yodel,     I sing Lefty………. Frizzell. 

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And I'm a strangеr here in Tennеssee I'm a boy from around the bay

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Ah yeah, but I know how to sing boys and I know how to play

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‘Cause my daddy taught me, taught me these words, taught me these chords               G                D                   Em         D                      

And he taught me before he passed on

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Ah how strange to be in Tennessee singin' hard hard times

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Singin' kid on the pond.       

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Singin' Newfoundland songs

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If there's one small consolation here in these desperate times

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All those Nashville

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How strange to be in Tennessee singin' Newfoundland Songs