Boston Burglar Chords

  			 
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I was born and raised in Bos-ton, a place you all know well, 
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Brought up by honest par-ents, the truth to you Iâ??ll tell. 
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Brought up by honest par-ents, and raised most tenderly, 
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Till I became a sporting lad, at the age of twenty three. 


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 My character was ta-ken, and I was sent to jail, 
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 My friends they came and tried in vain, to get me out on bail. 
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 The jury found me guil-ty, the clerk he wrote it down, 
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 The judge he passed my sentence and I was sent to Charlestown. 


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They placed me on an east bound train, one cold December day, 
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And at every station we passed through, you could hear the people say. 
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â??There goes the Boston bur-glar in cold chains he is bound, 
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For one crime or another he is bound for Charlestownâ?�. 


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