Song from the movie "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Verse 1: D G Bm A As I was a walking down by the loch G D Bm A As I was a walking one morning of late D G Bm A Who should I spy but my own dear comrade? D G Bm D Wrapped up in flannel, so hard is his fate
Verse 2: D G Bm A I boldly stepped up to and kindly did ask him G D Bm A Why are you wrapped up in flannel so white? D G Bm A My body is injured and sadly disordered D G Bm D All by a young woman, my own heart's delight Bridge: D G A A Oh had she but told me when she disordered me D Bm A A Had she but told me of it at the time D G Bm A I might have got salts or pills of white mercury D G Bm D But now I'm cut down in the height of my prime Verse 3: D G Bm A Get six pretty maidens to carry my coffin G D Bm A And six pretty maidens to bear up my pall D G Bm A And give to each of them bunches of roses D G Bm A D That they may not smell me as they go a-long