James Keelaghan - Jack Haggerty
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C F C F C F C G C
I'm a stout hearted raftsman where white waters roar
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And my name I've engraved on the high rocks and shore
C
Over Camp Flat and river, I'm very well known
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They call me Jack Haggerty, the pride of the town
I worked on the river by night and by day
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'Til the blacksmith's fair daughter my heart stole away
C
I'm the boy that stands happy on the dark, burling stream
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And my thoughts were on Annie, she haunted my dreams
INSTRUMENTAL: C F C F C F C G C
I gave her fine jewels, the finest of lace
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The costliest muslins, her form to embrace
C
And I gave her my wages, all for to keep safe
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I deprived her of nothing I had on this earth
I worked on the river, I earned quite a stake
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I was steadfast and steady, and ne'er played the rake
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For that fair blacksmith's daughter, I'd soon make my bride
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And I courted her sweetly by the Flat River side
INSTRUMENTAL: C F C F C F C G C
Then, one day on the river, a note I received
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Saying she from her promise, herself she did leave
C
And she'd wed with another, a long time delayed
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And the next time I'd see her, she'd no more be a maid
To her mother, Jane Tucker, I laid all the blame
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Well, she caused her to leave me and go back on my name
C
And to cast off the riggings that god was to tie
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And to leave me a wanderer 'til the day that I die
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So, come all ye bold raftsmen with hearts stout and true
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Don't give your heart quickly, you're beat if you do
C
And when your head's turned by a dark chestnut curl
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Just remember Jack Haggerty and the Flat River girl
## NOTE: On the studio recording, the end of this song transitions ##
## into an instrumental, 'Le Tourment', which is omitted here ##
