E
Shoot a squirrel and baby girl don't even know her father
A
Sent her away on the fifth of may 
E
To a steamboat in the water
I loved her well but I'm going to hell
And she won't know its fires
A
When I'm away she'll dine in Maine 
E
On bloody marys and lobster
The day I die, well by that time
She will be a woman
A
She won't know me but her love's at sea
E
With a steamboat captain husband
I can't sleep at night, oh she's wonderin' why
She don't know her father
A
I tell her she born when the beauty of the sun
E
Fell into the water


B                                      A                 E
Well the devil don't know, but I'll be countin' his gold tonight
B                              A                 E
You can't grow old when you're countin' his gold tonight 
(2 times)


E
When she dies why the wings won't fly her
All the way to Jesus
A
Her soul will lay and move with the waves
E
Oh the devil told me all his secrets 
(3 times)