C                   . 
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy 
               F            C 
There's many a city I did enjoy 
             F                          C 
And now I've married me a pretty little wife 
               G                     C 
And I love her dearer than I love my life 


               C                     . 
   Oh, she was pretty, both neat and gay 
                F                 C 
   Caused me to rob the broad highway 
              F                 C 
   Oh, yes, I robbed it, I do declare 
               G                 C 
   And I got myself ten thousand bail 


           C                   . 
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy 
               F            C 
There's many a city I did enjoy 
             F                          C 
And now I've married me a pretty little wife 
               G                     C 
And I love her dearer than I love my life 


             C                 . 
   Oh when I die don't bury me at all 
         F               C 
   Place my bones in alcohol 
          F                          C 
   And at my feet place a white snow dove 
               G                     C 
   To tell the world that I died for love 


           C                   . 
Well I'm a rake and a rambling boy 
               F            C 
There's many a city I did enjoy 
             F                          C 
And now I've married me a pretty little wife 
               G                     C 
And I love her dearer than I love my life 
               G                     C 
And I love her dearer than I love my life