Тональность
D G A D G I was born and raised in Boston, a place you all know well, G A D A Brought up by honest parents, the truth to you I'll tell, D G D A D Brought up by honest parents, and raised most tenderly, G A D A D Till I became a sporting lad at the age of twenty three, [2] D G D A D My character was taken and I was sent to jail, G A D A My friends they came and tried in vain to get me out on bail, D G D A D The jury found me guilty, and the clerk he wrote it down, G A D A D The judge he passed the sentence, I was bound for Charlestown. [3] D G D A D They placed me on an east bound train on a cold December's day, G A D A And every station we passed by you could hear the people say, D G D A D There goes the Boston burglar, in cold chains he is bound, G A D A D For one crime or another he is bound for Charlestown. [4] D G D A D All you who have your freedom, take warning if you can, G A D A And don’t go round the streets at night breaking laws of God or man D G D A D For if you do you'll surely loose and find yourself like me, G A D A D Serving up full twenty years in the penitentiary
