{"id":11119,"date":"2022-06-23T15:33:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11119"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:40:15","slug":"there-is-a-tavern-in-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/there-is-a-tavern-in-the-town\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a Tavern in the Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN<br \/>\n__________________________________ 1883<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">Traditional 19th century folk song.\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nThere is a tavern in the town in the town\r\n                                <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd there my true love sits him down sits him down\r\n    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                  <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nAnd drinks his wine as merry as can be\r\n    <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span> <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span> <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd never never thinks of me\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>         <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nFare thee well for I must leave thee\r\n       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nDo not let this parting grieve thee\r\n      <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd remember that the best of friends\r\n     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>    <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nMust part must part\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAdieu adieu kind friends yes adieu\r\n                          <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nI can no longer stay with you stay with you\r\n     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                   <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nI'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree\r\n    <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                          <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>   <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span> <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nAnd may the world go well with thee\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nHe left me for a damsel dark damsel dark\r\n                               <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nEach Friday night they used to spark used to spark\r\n    <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>               <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nAnd now my love who once was true to me\r\n<span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>                             <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>   <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span> <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nTakes this dark damsel on his knee\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>         <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nFare thee well for I must leave thee\r\n       <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nDo not let this parting grieve thee\r\n      G\r\nAnd remember that the best of friends\r\n     C    F    C\r\nMust part must part\r\nC\r\nAdieu adieu kind friends yes adieu\r\n                          G\r\nI can no longer stay with you stay with you\r\n     C                   F\r\nI'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree\r\n    G                          C   F C\r\nAnd may the world go well with thee\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nC\r\nAnd now I see him nevermore nevermore\r\n                        G\r\nHe never knocks upon my door on my door\r\n   C            F\r\nOh woe is me he pinned a little note\r\n    G                           C    F C\r\nAnd these were all the words he wrote\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC         G\r\nFare thee well for I must leave thee\r\n       C\r\nDo not let this parting grieve thee\r\n      G\r\nAnd remember that the best of friends\r\n     C    F    C\r\nMust part must part\r\nC\r\nAdieu adieu kind friends yes adieu\r\n                          G\r\nI can no longer stay with you stay with you\r\n     C                   F\r\nI'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree\r\n    G                          C   F C\r\nAnd may the world go well with thee\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nC\r\nOh dig my grave both wide and deep wide and deep\r\n                              G\r\nPut tombstones at my head and feet head and feet\r\n    C                    F\r\nAnd on my breast you may carve a turtle dove\r\n   G                 C   F C\r\nTo signify I died of love\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC         G\r\nFare thee well for I must leave thee\r\n       C\r\nDo not let this parting grieve thee\r\n      G\r\nAnd remember that the best of friends\r\n     C    F    C\r\nMust part must part\r\nC\r\nAdieu adieu kind friends yes adieu\r\n                          G\r\nI can no longer stay with you stay with you\r\n     C                   F\r\nI'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree\r\n    G                          C   F C\r\nAnd may the world go well with thee\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN __________________________________ 1883 Traditional 19th century folk song. [Verse 1] C There is a tavern in the town in the town G And there my true love sits him down sits him down C F And drinks his wine as merry as can be &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/there-is-a-tavern-in-the-town\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There is a Tavern in the Town<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28298,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11119\/revisions\/28298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}