David Mallett - Old blue ox

Good ^Dafternoon, I'm lookin' for the ^Gold blue ox, he said, ^AHe said I don't believe it, but I ^Gheard my farthers ^Adead. And ^Djust where is the Curtis place, my ^GGod how things have changed, Was a ^Alittle ol' man, he was almost blind, and he was walkin' with a ^Dcane.

Now I ^Dknow this is the place, because I ^Gclimed the Severance Hill, I'd ^Aknow that hill in a hundred years, ^Gand how her ^Arule, and will. ^DEarl Parkman moved away and I said, Will ^GGreeny died you know, And ^AWillis Prat has grown a man, and gone on years a^Dgo.

Now our ^Bmconversation ^Gwas quite short, ^Dfive minutes at the ^Amost, But he ^Bmstood before me ^Glike a boy, and ^Dcongered up the ^Aghosts. Of ^Gfriends and kin folk ^Afrom an older, ^Bmand a slower ^Gtime, How ^Dfifty years, ^Emdisappeared like ^Aminutes in his mind.

The blue ^Dox was gone the day I left, been ^Ggone a week or so, And ^AI've come around to fetch him home, 'cause they ^Galways did you ^Aknow. P^Da will be glad he started off, and I ^Gstood and I watched him go, ^ADown a way to yesterday lookin' high and lookin' ^Dlow.

Now ^Bmapple trees just ^Gwither, and ^Dbarns grow old and ^Afall, And ^Bmanchient lady's ^Gsit in rockin' ^Dchairs, wraped in their ^Ashawls. But ^Gthis old fella ^Adoes the things, the ^Bmthings he has to ^Gdo, He's ^Dlookin' for his ^Gpast, he might ^Astop and talk to you.

Good ^Dafternoon, I'm lookin' for the ^Gold blue ox, he said, ^AHe said I don't believe it, but I ^Gheard my farthers ^Adead. And ^Djust where is the Curtis place, my ^GGod how things have changed, He was a ^Alittle ol' man, he was almost blind, and he was walkin' with a ^Dcane.