Verse 1: C F I’ve traveled this wide world over C Am And down to another I go C F And I know that good quarters are waiting C G C To welcome old Rosin the Beau Chorus: C F To welcome old Rosin the Beau C Am To welcome old Rosin the Beau C F I know that good quarters are waiting C G C To welcome old Rosin the Beau
Verse 2: C F When I’m dead and laid out on the counter C Am A voice you will hear from below C F Saying, “Send down a hogshead of whiskey C G C To drink with old Rosin the Beau” Chorus: C F To drink with old Rosin the Beau” C Am To drink with old Rosin the Beau” C F Saying “Send down a hogshead of whiskey C G C To drink with old Rosin the Beau” Verse 3: C F Then get a half-dozen stout fellows C Am And line ’em all up in a row C F Have ’em drink out of half-gallon bottles C G C To the memory of Rosin the Beau Chorus: C F To the memory of Rosin the Beau C Am To the memory of Rosin the Beau C F Have ’em drink out of half-gallon bottles C G C To the memory of Rosin the Beau Verse 4: C F Then take this half-dozen stout fellows C Am And let ’em all stagger and go C F And dig a great hole in the meadow C G C And in it put Rosin the Beau Chorus: C F And in it put Rosin the Beau C Am And in it put Rosin the Beau C F Have ’em dig a great hole in the meadow C G C And in it put Rosin the Beau Verse 5: C F Then get ye a couple of bottles C Am Put one at me head and me toe C F With a diamond ring scratch upon ’em C G C