Molly And Tenbrooks

P.D., arranged and adapted by John Stewart

‘Molly And Tenbrooks’ is on “Wires from the Bunker”, Wrasse Records, 2000, and Appleseed Records, also 2000.

John writes in the liner notes:

This was one of my favorite songs recorded by The Kingston Trio when Dave Guard was in the group. It´s an old bluegrass song that was in the public domain category. The Trio version was written by Tom Drake.

Capo 3^rd fret

(D) (A7 short) (D) (D) (A7 short) (D) (D) (A7 short) (D) (D) (A7 short) (D)

Yeah, Long John was the youngest horse and (G)Molly was the old,

Molly´s gonna (D)run him down, or (A7short)so the story´s (D)told.

Long John said to Molly, “Well, you're (G)runnin' your last race.”

And Molly said to (D)Long John, “You´ll (A7short)never see my (D)face.”

Run Molly, run, yeah, (G)run, oh Molly, run,

Long John's gonna (D)beat you, (A7short)chase the risin' (D)sun.

Long John said to Molly, “Take a (G)last look at the sky,

'Cause a-baby, when I (D)pass you by, you (A7short)gonna see me (D)fly.”

And Molly said to Long John, “Don't you (G)take me for a fool.

If you didn't cut your (D)ears and tail, I'd (A7short)think you was a (D)mule.”

Run Molly, run, yeah, (G)run, oh Molly, run,

Long John's gonna (D)beat you, (A7short)chase the risin' (D)sun.

Run Molly, run, oh, (G)run, oh Molly, run,

Long John's gonna (D)beat you, (A7short)chase the risin' (D)sun.

- Instrumental break, (D), then one verse, at the end there's a (G) (A7) (D) -

See them waitin' at the track´, where the (G)man, he hollered, “Go!”

Well, Long John runnin' (D)fast, Lord, (A7short)Molly runnin' (D)slow.

Long John beatin' Molly, and (G)wait, what´s that I see?

Molly beatin' (D)Long John. (A7short)Molly runnin' (D)free.

I said, run Molly, run, and (G)run, oh Molly, run,

Long John's gonna (D)beat you, (A7short)chase the risin' (D)sun.

Run Molly, run, and (G)run, oh Molly, run,

Long John's gonna (D)beat you, (A7short)chase the risin' (D)sun. (G) (D)

janhauenstein@gmx.de, Art Faller & Charlie Woodward

June 2006