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The Coal Boat Song

The Coal Boat Song 
By Stompin' Tom Connors 
>From the "B" side of the 45...Big Joe Mufferaw 
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas 
 
 
D                                                       
I left Cape Briton on the coal boat 
                        A7 
for St. John's Newfoundland 
                                                                   
I met a little girl named Sally 
                                   D   
And I took her by her little white hand 
                                                                           
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,  
                            G 
I won't go along with your plan 
                         D                                             
You been workin' on the coal boat boy 
           A7                      D 
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man 
G                        D                                  
You been workin' on the coal boat boy 
           A7                      D  
And you're nothin' but a dirty old man 
 
 
 
          D 
Spoken ...Well I had to think of something real fast ya know 
 
 
 
D 
Yeah well I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats,  
                         A7  
I wanna live in Newfoundland 
                                                                 
I'll buy a suit & get married,  
                                   D 
put a ring upon your little white hand 
                                                                 
She nodded her head & said "Ok, Fred",  
                          G  
Sall went along with the plan 
                            D                                            
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy  
        A7                      D 
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man 
G                           D                                           
But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy 
        A7                      D    
And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man 
 
 
 
D                                                                  
It was sometime later on the Coal Boat 
                            A7 
I got a little letter from home 
                                                                 
Sally said Freddy was a good boy,  
                                 D 
but the little beggar wanted to roam 
                                                           
She said, "It's too bad he's got you for a dad  
                              G 
And I hope that you feel real grand. 
                          D              
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy  
       A7                     D 
to be just like his dirty old man" 
G                         D                                         
He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy  
       A7                     D     
to be just like his dirty old man" 
 
 
 
 
D                                                       
I left Cape Briton on the coal boat 
                        A7 
for St. John's Newfoundland 
                                                                   
I met a little girl named Sally 
                                   D   
And I took her by her little white hand 
                                                                           
She shook her little head & said no way Fred,  
                            G 
I won't go along with your plan 
                          D                                             
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy  
         A7                     D 
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man 
G                         D                                             
You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy  
         A7                     D 
'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man 
 
 
 
 
D                                                  
So come all young fellars on the coal boat, 
                           A7 
I hope you're gonna understand 
                                                                  
If you got a pretty little girlfriend  
                                     D 
and ya takes her by the little white hand 
                                                         
If she turns her back & says "No way Jack,  
                          G 
I won't go along with Yer plan" 
                        D                   
Just keep workin on the coal boats boy  
      A7                      D  
if ya wants to be a dirty old man 
G                       D                                      
Just keep workin on the coal boat boy  
              A7                      D   
And you'll be nothin' but a dirty old man  
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