"Old Booger and the Reaper"
     ©2004, Roger Judd, CaneyFork Publishing, BMI
     in the style of a Gaelic Ballad
     key=Em        Judd

     preface: This is the story of Carla's car wreck (Carla is Carl's daughter...
     she is a tall, handsome young lady, with a quick smile, and a quick wit, like
     her parents)  Anyway, the evening we heard about the wreck, this tune came to
     me. Part comedy, part tragedy, I didn't know what to do with it! what if it
     offended Carl and Suzanne ? For Carla, would it bring back bad memories of her
     long stay in the hospital, and her slow painful recovery ? I thought it best
     to just hide it away, and did, for about a year. Finally, this past Christmas,
     I was struck with how completely Carla had recovered...her smile had returned!
     So I decided to polish on "Old Booger" some more, and hopefully, try to record
     it. The good Lord blessed Carla with a loving, Christian family...a family with
     the strength to carry her thru that trial. Carla, never doubt that the Lord
     sent his angles to turn the reaper aside...RAJ


     Em       D              Em            D
     Clipitty-Clop, well the sun was going down
            Em            D               Em             D
     when a lassie came a ridin on her way back home from town
     Em            D             Em         D
     Thru the dark holler by the Wolf Creek Spring
             Em        D                 Em          D
     She was ridin Old Booger, who would spook at anything


     Now hosses see the haints that people cannot see
     Old Booger saw the Reaper and he knew that he must flee
     He snorted and he reared, like a top he spun around
     Alas, the lass was caught off guard and fell unto the ground

     My bonnies' lying by the way, she fell unto the ground
     The neighbors saw it from their door, she's shurely dead, they swore
     The Reapers' coming down the road, her end she can't delay
     But the Angels, they were watching, and they sent him on his way
  
     Grim Reaper, you can't keep her, spoke the Angels to hime, Lo                               ]
     She's the fairest lass our Lord has placed in this cruel world below
     Grim Reaper, you can't keep her, but Old Booger he shall go with thee
     Fare thee well Old Booger. Ye, the Reaper's horse shall be

     Boys bring the wagon and don't be slow
     We just got word that thy sister's been throwed
     Grab the oil lantern and a blanket or two
     A swig of Granny's tonic will fixx her good as new


      4/4  drone open strings and double stops where possible

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