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[Verse 1]
     A            A    D      G
come all yee true born shanty boys
G                Em
wherever you may be
     Em           G
I'll have you pay attention
    D           Em
and listen unto me
   Em                  G
concerning those brave shanty boys
    D            Em
who did agree to go
   A             A  D       G
to break the jam at Gerry's rocks
     G               Em
with foreman John Munroe

[Verse 2]
          A       A   D   G
now t'was on a Sunday morning
       G                Em
in the springime of the year
    Em                G
our logs was piled up mountains high
       D                  Em
and we could not keep 'em clear
        Em                  G
and the foreman cries heave out me boys
     D                   Em
with hearts that have no fear
       A             A  D       G
for to break the jam at Gerry's rocks
    G                 Em
for Signal Town we'll steer

[Verse 3]
         A            A   D       G
well now some of them was willing enough
    G                Em
but others they hung back
       Em          G
for to work upon a Sunday 'morn
     D                 Em
they did not think was right
    Em                   G
but six of our brave New Brunswick boys
    D            Em
did volunteer to go
       A             A  D       G
for to break the jam at Gerry's rocks
     G               Em
with foreman John Munroe

[Verse 4]
         A       A      D   G
now they had not pulled off many a log
         G              Em
when the foreman he did say
 Em                  G
"I'll have you be on guard me boys,
    D                  Em
the jam will soon give way"
    Em                 G
and scarce the warning had been spoke
         D                 Em
when the jam did break and go
       A                A   D     G
and it carried away the six brave boys
    G               Em
and foreman John Munroe

[Verse 5]
      A              A   D     G
so we pulled them to the river side
       G               Em
and we gently lay them there
              Em             G
and there was one said maid among us all
      D                  Em
who's cries did rend the air
          Em            G
and t'was none but Anna Denison
    D                Em
the girl from Signal Town
         A          A   D     G
come out running to the river side
   G                  Em
to find her true love gone

[Verse 6]
    A              A    D    G
now if you're ever down that way
     G                 Em
I'll have you stop and see
Em                      G
two green graves by the riverside
      D               Em
where grows a Hemlock tree
        Em                 G
and the shanty boys carved in the tree
      D                    Em
where these two lovers lie low
      A         A  D G
"here lies miss Anna Denison,
        G                  Em
and her true lover John Munroe"