Chords for Old Cottage Sale (Fortune Bay Sons)

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_ _ There's an old-fashioned cottage [C] which stands [G] in a square
_ For [C] _ ninety [G]-odd years that old cottage [D] stood there
_ _ _ [G] _ Surrounded by [B] trees [C] and a fence [G] that is worn _ _
[C] Was the home of [G] my _ [D] forefathers, there I [G] was born
_ _ You seldom could find [C] a [G] happier lot _ _
[C] Than our [G] little family that dwelled in [D] the cot
_ _ [G] There was father and mother, [C] sister, brother [G] and I _ _
[C] Till sickness [G] came on [D] us and father [G] did die
_ _ [D] Then brother left home [A] for time work [D] to do _ _
[C] But where he [G] had gone no one [D] ever knew
_ _ [G] I toil late and early [C] to furnish [G] our debt _ _
[C] And I fancy [G] I hear [D] myself pleading [G] there yet
_ _ _ [D] Spare the old homestead, [A] O spirit, [D] I pray _ _
[C] Don't turn out [G] my mother so feeble [D] and grey
_ _ [G] My dear loving sister [C] so thickly [G] _ impaled _ _ _
[C] Auctioneer, _ [G] auctioneer, won't [D] you please stop [G] the sale
_ There [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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was no use in fleeting, [C] was of no [G] avail _
_ The [C] auctioneer still [G] continued to cry on [D] sale
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[G] And the very [B] first bidder [C] was a man quite [G] unknown _
_ He [C] paid down [G] the money [D] and purchased [G] our home _ _
Then mother and sister [C] with hearts stricken [G] sore _
_ _ _ [C] Prepared to [G] depart from the old [D] cottage door
[E] _ When [G] off spoke the stranger [C] in a voice quite [G] unknown _
_ _ [C] Return to [G] your home, I'm [D] your own long [G] lost son _ _ _ _
[D] Oh, what rejoicing [A] was there on [D] that day
_ _ [C] When brother _
[G] embraced my old mother [D]
so brave _ _
[G] And a welcome was made by [C] my sister [G] so pale _
_ _ [C] And that put [G] an end to [D] the old cottage [G] sale _ _ _
[C] Yes, that put [G] an end to [D] the old [G] cottage sale
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