Down by the Winegar Woiks
Lyrics and Music by
Key: F
Don Bestor, Roger Lewis, Walter Donovan
Copyright 1925

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Verse 1:

       F          D7            Gm
You've read about rough men and places
   C7                         F    C7
In books that you keep on the shelf
      F          Fm
Well, say I'm so rough
       C            A7
And at times I'm so tough
       D7         G7         C7
That I must be po-lite to me-self

   F7                  Bb
Me pals is a couple of bulldogs
     G7                    C  C7
With mustard I sweetens me tea
        F        Fm
There's only two guys
        C            A7
In this world who is tough
    D7           G7        C  C+
And both of them babies is  me

Chorus 1:

F               G7
I live over the Wy-duct
By the Winegar Woiks

     C7
It's easy to find me,
The street's full of shacks
  F           Fdim
I live in the one
        Gm7          C7
That is right on the tracks

F                G7   C7
Ev'ry night I go danc-ing
F7                     Bb    Gm
Down at O'Reilley's or Boikes

   Bb            Gm
We chain all the children
   Bb         Gm
To fences and logs
   F        Gbdim
We do it to keep 'em
     Gm7        C7  C+
From bitin' the dogs

     F               G7
Say! I live over the Wy-duct
C           C7      F     C+
Down by the Winegar Woiks.

Verse 2:

    F                D7           Gm
The bloke what lives right on the corner
      C7                   F   C7
Keeps lions and tigers for pets
    F               Fm
And then there's me pard
         C         A7
Why that guy is so hard
        D7            G7            C7
That he chews all the nails that he gets

     F7                        Bb
When you see two guys shootin' cannons
    G7                         C   C7
You know that they couldn't a -gree
    F           Fm
Now all of this sounds
             C            A7
Like they're tough babies,but
         D7      G7           C  C+
Them fel-lers is weaklings to me


Chorus 2:

F               G7
I live over the Wy-duct
By the Winegar Woiks

    C7
The men all sing bass
With a voice like a horn
   F            Fdim
We kill all the tenors
   Gm7             C7
As soon as they're born

F                    G7  C7
All the goils is the ber-ries
F7                    Bb    Gm
Down at McGuggles and Goikes

  Bb           Gm
A sheik with a car
         Bb       Gm
Took out Molly Ma-lone
   F            Gbdim
He wouldn't get fresh
       Gm7           C7  C+
So she made him walk home

     F               G7
Say! I live over the Wy-duct
C           C7      F     C7F
Down by the Winegar Woiks.

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