THAT FLOWS BY

THE COAL YARDS

STAND WOO DEN HOU SES

WITH SHUT TERS

TORN DOWN

THERE LIVES A GIRL

EVE RY BO DY

CALLS PAT CHES

PAT CHES MY DAR LIN'

OF OLD SHAN TY TOWN

WE PLANNED TO MAR RY

WHEN JUNE BROUGHT

THE SUM MER

I COULD N'T WAIT

TO MAKE PAT CHES

MY BRIDE

NOW I DON'T

SEE HOW THAT

E VER CAN HAP PEN

MY FOLKS SAY NO

AND MY HEART

BREAKS IN SIDE

PAT CHES

OH WHAT CAN I DO

I SWEAR

I'LL AL WAYS

LOVE YOU

BUT A GIRL

FROM THAT PLACE

WILL JUST

BRING ME DIS GRACE

SO MY FOLKS

WON'T LET ME

LOVE YOU

EACH NIGHT I CRY

AS I THINK OF

THAT SHAN TY

AND PRET TY

PAT CHES THERE

WAT CHIN' THE DOOR

SHE DOES N'T KNOW

THAT I CAN'T COME

TO SEE HER

PAT CHES MUST THINK

THAT I LOVE HER

NO MORE

I HEAR A NEIGH BOR

TEL LIN' MY FA THER

HE SAYS A GIRL

NAME OF PAT CHES

WAS FOUND

FLOA TING FACE DOWN

IN THAT DIR TY OLD RI VER

THAT FLOWS BY

THE COAL YARDS

IN OLD SHAN TY TOWN

PAT CHES

OH WHAT CAN I DO

I SWEAR

I'LL AL WAYS

LOVE YOU

IT MAY NOT BE RIGHT

BUT I'LL

JOIN YOU TO NIGHT

PAT CHES

I'M COM IN' TO YOU