Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords
Hangtown Girls
Hangtown Girls - Lyrics & Chords
Tune: Buffalo Girls
| C |
F |
C |
| Hangtown |
gals are |
plump and rosy, |
| G7 |
C |
| Hair in ringlets |
mighty cosy; |
Painted cheeks and gassy bonnets;
| G7 |
C |
| Touch them and they'll |
sting like hornets. |
Chorus:
| C |
| Oh, Hangtown gals are lovely creatures, |
| Gm7 |
C |
| Think they'll marry |
Mormon preachers; |
| F |
Am |
| Heads thrown back to |
show their features— |
| G7 |
C |
| Ha, ha, ha! |
Hangtown gals. |
They're dreadful shy of forty-niners,
Turn their noses up at miners;
Shocked to hear them say, "gol durn it!"
Try to blush, but cannot come it.
They'll catch a neighbor's cat and beat it,
Cut a bean in halves to eat it;
Promenade in silk and satin,
Cannot talk, but murder Latin.
On the streets they're always grinning,
Modestly they lift their linen;
Petticoats all trimmed with laces,
Matching well their painted faces.
To church they very seldom venture,
Hoops so large they cannot enter;
Go it, gals, you're young and tender,
Shun the pick-and-shovel gender.
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