C         F        G        C
“O father, O father, build me a boat
 C          F        G       G
Then down the Wisconsin I may float
 C          F      G     C
And every raft that I pass by
 C          F          G       C
There I will inquire for my sweet pinery boy”

[Verse 1]

 C          F       G      C
As she was rowing down the stream
 C           F       G      G
She saw three rafts all in the string
 C          F        G       C
And she hailed the pilot as they passed by
 C             F            G          C
And there did she inquire for her sweet pinery boy
  C        F      G      C
“O pilot, O pilot, tell me true
 C        F       G     G
Is my sweet Willie among your crew?
 C      F       G        C
O tell me quick and give me joy
 C      F                G         C
For none other will I have but my sweet pinery boy”


 C          F            G         C
“O, auburn was the colour of his hair
 C          F          G              G
And his eyes were blue and his cheeks were fair
 C      F         G      C
And his lips were of a ruby fine
 C     F         G           C
Ten thousand times they’ve met with mine”

[Verse 2]

  C       F        G        C
“O dear, dear lady, he is not here
 C      F       F         G   G
He has drowned in the dells, I fear
 C      F      G           C
‘Twas at Lone Rock as we passed by
 C          F          G         C
O there is where we left your sweet pinery boy”


   C      F            G         C
She wrung her hands and tore her hair
   C      F          G     G
Just like a lady in grave despair
   C       F        G      C
She rowed her boat against Lone Rock
   C      F        G       C
For a pinery boy her heart was broke

 [Verse 3]

  C       F        G        C
“Dig me a grave both long and deep,
   C     F        G         G
Place a marble slab at my head and feet;
   C     F       G      C
And on my breast a turtle dove
   C     F            G        C
To let the world know that I died for love.


[Outro]

  C     F       G      Em
And at my feet a spreading oak
   C       F          G         C
To let the world know that my heart was broke.”