Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly) chords American Traditional

^AWhen I was young I ^Eused to wait On master and ^Ahand him his plate ^A7Pass him the bottle when ^Dhe got dry And ^Ebrush away the ^Ablue-tail fly

^AJimmy crack corn, and ^EI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^AI don't care ^A7Jimmy crack corn, and ^DI don't care My ^Emaster's gone a^Away

^AWhen he would ride in the ^Eafternoon I'd follow him with my ^Ahickory broom The ^A7pony being ^Drather shy When ^Ebitten by the ^Ablue-tail fly

^AJimmy crack corn, and ^EI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^AI don't care ^A7Jimmy crack corn, and ^DI don't care My ^Emaster's gone a^Away

^AOne day he rode a^Eround the farm Flies so numerous that they ^Adid swarm ^A7One chanced to bite him ^Don the thigh The ^Edevil take the ^Ablue-tail fly

^AJimmy crack corn, and ^EI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^AI don't care ^A7Jimmy crack corn, and ^DI don't care My ^Emaster's gone a^Away

Well the pony jumped, he start, he pitch He threw my master in the ditch He died and the jury wondered why The verdict was the blue-tail fly

^AJimmy crack corn, and ^EI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^AI don't care ^A7Jimmy crack corn, and ^DI don't care My ^Emaster's gone a^Away

Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree His epitaph is there to see "Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie The victim of the blue-tail fly" Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/

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