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Version 1[Verse 1] D Em A7 I’ve travelled this wide world all over and now to another I go D G D A D For I know that good quarters are waiting for to welcome old Rosin the Bow [Chorus] D G D Em A7 To welcome old Rosin the Bow, me boys, to welcome old Rosin the Bow D G D A D I know that good quarters are waiting for to welcome old Rosin the Bow [Verse 2] D When I’m dead and laid out on the counter Em A7 A voice you will hear from below D Saying Send down a hogshead of whiskey G D A D To drink to old Rosin the Bow. [Chorus] D G To drink with old Rosin the Bow, me lads D Em A7 To drink with old Rosin the Bow D Saying Send down a hogshead of whiskey G D A D To drink to old Rosin the Bow. [Verse 3] D And get a full dozen stout fellows Em A7 And stand them all up in a row D Let them drink out of half-gallon bottles G D A D To the memory of Rosin the Bow [Chorus] D G To the memory of Rosin the Bow, me lads Em A7 To the memory Rosin the Bow D Let them drink out of half gallon bottles G D A D To the memory of Rosin the Bow [Verse 4] D Now get this half a dozen stout fellows Em A7 And let them all stagger and go D And dig a great hole in the meadow G D A D And in it put Rosin the Bow [Chorus} D G And in it put Rosin the Bow, me lads D Em A7 And in it put Rosin the Bow D And dig a great hole in the meadow G D A D And in it put Rosin the Bow [Verse 5] D Now get ye a couple of bottles Em A7 Put one at me head and me toe D With a diamond ring scratch out upon them G D A D The name of the old Rosin the Bow [Chorus] D G The name of the old Rosin the Bow, me lads D Em A7 The name of the old Rosin the Bow D With a diamond ring scratch out upon them G D A D The name of the old Rosin the Bow [Verse 6] D I feel that old tyrant approaching D Em A7 That cruel remorseless old foe D Let me lift up my glass in his honour G D Em A7 Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow [Chorus] D G Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow, me lads D Em A7 Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow D Let me lift up my glass in his honour G D A D Take a drink with old Rosin the Bow [Repeat Chorus] End ************************************