Springfield Mountain chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

E

        B7         E
On springfield mountain there did dwell
 A               E
A handsome youth, was known full well
           B  E
Lieutenant Merrill's only son
     B7        E
A likely youth, full twenty one

Verse 2:

      B7      E
On friday morning he did go
       A       E
Down to the meadows for to mow
            B     E
He mowed, he mowed all round the field
         B7       E
With a poisonous serpent at his heel

Verse 3:

      B7        E
When he recieved his deathly wound
      A        E
He laid his scythe upon the ground
         B   E
For to return was his intent
     B7        E
Calling aloud, long as he went

Verse 4:

        B7        E
His calls were heard both far and near
    A          E
But no friend to him did appear
             B    E
They thought he did some workman call
      B7       E
Alas, poor man, alone did fall

Verse 5:

     B7         E
Day being past, night coming on
      A        E
The father went to seek his son
            B  E
And there he found, his only son
      B7        E
Cold as a stone, dead on the ground

Verse 6:

       B7          E
He tooK him up and he carried him home
      A         E
And on the way did lament and mourn
          B    E
SaYing 'I heard but did not come
      B7      E
And now I'm left alone to mourn'

Verse 7:

        B7         E
In the month of August, the twenty first
       A      E
When this sad accident was done
           B   E
May this be a warning to you all
     B7          E
To be prepared, when God shall call