Mason’s Children

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Mason died on Monday, we bricked him in the wall

D                                A

All his children grew and grew,

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They never grew so tall before

B                                                            D    A   E   A  E

They may never grow so tall again

We dug him up on Tuesday, he hardly aged a day

Taught them all he ever knew,

They never knew so much before

They may never know so much again

B                                                         F#m

Mason was a mighty man, a mighty man was he

C#m                                                                   E                      B

All he said when I'm dead I'm gone, don't you weep for me

Jam in E   G A

The wall collapsed on Wednesday, we chalked it up to fate

All his children ran and hid,

They never hid so well before

Swore they'd never show their face again

Thursday came and Friday, with fires tall and bright

Mason's children cooked the stew

And cleaned up when the feast was through

Swore they'd never had such times before

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Take me to the repo-man to pay back what was loaned

If he's in some other land write it off as stoned

Long Jam in E   G A

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