Eli, The Barrow Boy Lyrics - Picaresque - Decemberists

Eli, the barrow boy 

Of the old town 

Sells coal and marigolds 

And he cries out 

All down the day 

Below the tamaracks 

He is crying: 

"Corn cobs and candle wax for the buying!" 

All down the day 

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"Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe 

Made of gold and silk Arabian thread! 

But she is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove 

And I must push my barrow all the day 

And I must push my barrow all the day" 

Eli, the barrow boy 

When they found him 

Dressed all in corduroy 

He had drowned in 

The river down the way 

They laid his body down in a church yard 

But still when the moon is out 

With his push cart 

He calls down the day 

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"Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown 

Made of gold and silk Arabian thread! 

But I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground 

And still I push my barrow all the day 

Still I push my barrow all the day"