![Eli, The Barrow Boy - The Decemberists](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284757266203925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 30.04.2009
Record label: Kill Rock Stars
Song language: English
Eli, The Barrow Boy |
Eli, the Barrow Boy, from the old town |
Sells coal and marigolds and he cries out all down the day |
Below the Tamarac she is crying |
Corn cobs and candle wax for the buying, all down the day |
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe |
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread |
She is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove |
And I must push my barrow all the day |
And I must push my barrow all the day |
Eli, the Barrow Boy, when they found him |
Dressed all in corduroy, he had drowned in the river down the way |
They laid his body down in a churchyard |
But still when the moon is out, with his pushcart, |
He calls down the day |
Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown |
Made of gold and silk Arabian thread |
But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground |
But still I push my barrow all the day |
So I push my barrow all the day |
Oooh… |
So I push my barrow all the day… |
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