Maitland Black Boy lyrics and chords

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Maitland Black Boy 
Written and recorded by Bryan Watkins

C                                                     G7
In Maitland’s busy High Street all dressed in red and blue
                               C
The city’s famous black boy is there for all to view
                                 C7               F
He stood there by the roadside a hundred years or so
                  C             G7           C
Reminding passing people of the days of long ago

     F                               C
He’s held the reigns of horses while their owners were away
    F                             C              G7
And taken care of sulkies and the local farmer’s dray
  C                               C7              F
Although the horse and sulky days will never come again
                    C           G7             C
He stands with hand extended to take a rider’s rein

                                                       G7
He’s watched man’s steady progress through said seeing eyes
                               C
And seen a little country town into a city rise
                                C7               F
If only he could speak to us of Maitland’s early life
                     C             G7               C
He’d tell of all the pleasures the troubles and the strife

     F                             C
When drought came on the valley he stood through searing heat
    F                              C                  G7
His painted shirt and trousers all crumbled round his feet
    C                                   C7                 F
But when the drought had broken and the good times came in view
                    C              G7                    C
A coat of paint and there he stood dressed up as good as new

                                                        G7
He shared the people’s heartaches that come with raging flood
                                   C
And stood as water raced on by all stained with yellow mud
                                 C7                       F
He’s seen this happen many times throughout these hundred years
                      C         G7             C
And joined the sadden people by shedding rusty tears

                                                  G7
I don’t reside in Maitland so you’ll ponder for a time
                                   C
Just what it was that caused me to pen this little rhyme
                          C7                 F
I really can’t explain it it’s oh so hard to do
                       C           G7             C
But I love that little fella every bit as much as you

  F                                C
I know he has no beating heart within his iron frame
    F                         C                    G7
And he’s just a little statue but there’s no given name
    C                                  C7               F
But treat him as you would a child and not as something caste
                     C              G7              C
And let him stand in memory or your town’s historic past

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