Boys Keep Away (hi-lo)

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BOYS KEEP AWAY hi-lo
Trad. folk song
Key: D
Time: 2/4

3   2    3   3  3   3    3   -2' -3'-3'
6   5    6   6  6   6    6   -5  -6 -6
Oh boys keep a-way from the girls I say

-3'  3    -3   -4  -4 -3  4
-6   6    -7   -8  -8 -7  7
And give them plen-ty of room

 3   2     3 3   3
 6   5     6 6   6
For when you're wed

  3    3   -2'   -3'-3'  -3'
  6    6   -5    -6 -6   -6
You'll be banged on the head

 -3'-3' 3    -3  -3 -4  -3 -3  4
 -6 -6  6    -7  -7 -8  -7 -7  7
With a bald head-ed end of a broom

 3   3   2    3   3  3  -2' -3'  -3'
 6   6   5    6   6  6  -5  -6   -6
With a cross-eyed ba-by on each knee

-3'-3' 3    -3 -3  -4  -3 -3   4
-6 -6  6    -7 -7  -8  -7 -7   7
And a wife with a wart on her nose

 3    2   2   3    3
 6    5   5   6    6
The butch-er will come

 3   3 -2' -2'    -3'    -3'
 6   6 -5  -5     -6     -6
With a dou-ble barrelled gun

-3'  -3'    3   3   -3
-6   -6     6   6   -7
And you'll have to wear 

-4  -4   -3    4
-8  -8   -7    7
Sec-ond hand clothes