Angelina Baker

(words collected by Peter Budd)

From Dwight Diller on Elzics Farewell. Key of D

Angelina Baker, lived near the village green
The way I always loved her, beats all you’ve ever seen
Her father was a baker, they called him Uncle Sam
I never can forget her, no matter where I am

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Angelina Baker, age of 43 
I gave her candy by the peck, but she wont marry me 
Angelina Baker, left me here alone 
Left me hear to weep a tear and play on the old jaw bone

Said she couldn’t do hard work, because she was not stout
Baked her biscuits every day, poured her coffee out 

Chorus

Sixteen horses in my team, the old grey went before
Almost broke Angelina’s heart, to hear the wagons roll
Angelina Baker, Angeline I know
Wish I’d married Angeline, twenty years ago 

Chorus

Bought Angeline a brand new dress, neither black nor brown
It was the colour of a stormy cloud, before the rain pour down
Sixteen horses in my team, the leader he was blind
I came close to dying when they sold my Angeline

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