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What A Waste Of Good Corn Liquor
Recorded by Mac Wiseman
Written by Slim Gordon and Bill Long

C
I have lost my blue-eyed darling

Now I sit with a broken heart
                            G7
By my cabin in the Carolina hills
     C
Oh I loved a shiner's daughter
          F                C
Loved her true with all my heart
                       G7             C
Till she fell into her pappy's liquor still


Oh what a waste of good corn liquor
                               G7
From the still they pulled the plug
        C
All the revenuers snickered 
          F             C
Cause she melted in the liquor
                          G7           C
And they had to bury poor Lilly by the jug


Cousin Cale upon the Jew's harp

Played a mighty mournful tune
                                         G7
Kinfolks bowed their heads and gathered 'round
       C
Then I heard the parson sing
         F               Am
Drink me only with thine eyes
      C                      G7           C
As we watched them pour poor Lilly in the ground

Repeat #2


Now I'm sitting in the twilight

Neath the weeping willow tree
                                 G7
The sun is slowly sinking in the west
        C
And I'm clasping to my bosom
         F            C
A little jug of Lilly Mae
                        G7              C
With a broken heart I'm longing for the rest

Repeat #2

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