Lyrics
cause if you do
Till i became a sporting lad at the age of twenty-three, till i became a sporting lad at the age of twenty-three Burglar, every station we passed through i could hear the people say
I was born and raised in boston, my character was taken and i was sent to jail
serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary
brought up by honest parents
I was born and raised in boston, they put me on an eastbound train one dark december day
There goes the boston burglar in cold chains he is bound, i was sent to charlestown, and don t go round the streets at night breaking laws of god or man
I was sent to charlestown, and don t go round the streets at night breaking laws of god or man
Serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary, a place you all know well
The truth to you i ll tell, my character was taken and i was sent to jail
Cause if you do, brought up by honest parents and reared most tenderly
take warning if you can
brought up by honest parents and reared most tenderly
All you who have your freedom, a place you all know well, he s bound for charlestown.
A place you all know well, take warning if you can
you ll surely rue and find yourself like me
They put me on an eastbound train one dark december day, and don t go round the streets at night breaking laws of god or man
My friends they came they tried in vain to get me out on bail, they put me on an eastbound train one dark december day
Till i became a sporting lad at the age of twenty-three, a place you all know well
my friends they came they tried in vain to get me out on bail
for one crime or another
a place you all know well
They put me on an eastbound train one dark december day, serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary
they put me on an eastbound train one dark december day
The jury found me guilty, my character was taken and i was sent to jail Burglar, the truth to you i ll tell
Till i became a sporting lad at the age of twenty-three, the jury found me guilty Boston, a place you all know well
For breaking of the union bank, there goes the boston burglar in cold chains he is bound
Serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary, i was born and raised in boston
For one crime or another, brought up by honest parents and reared most tenderly McEvoy, the clerk he wrote it down
every station we passed through i could hear the people say
the clerk he wrote it down
The clerk he wrote it down, i was born and raised in boston
A place you all know well, my character was taken and i was sent to jail The, cause if you do
A place you all know well, take warning if you can, you ll surely rue and find yourself like me
the jury found me guilty
They put me on an eastbound train one dark december day, they put me on an eastbound train one dark december day
the clerk he wrote it down
My friends they came they tried in vain to get me out on bail, a place you all know well
The truth to you i ll tell, every station we passed through i could hear the people say
The jury found me guilty, brought up by honest parents Johnny, serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary
Take warning if you can, i was sent to charlestown
brought up by honest parents
all you who have your freedom
Every station we passed through i could hear the people say, the jury found me guilty Johnny, all you who have your freedom
I was born and raised in boston, you ll surely rue and find yourself like me
brought up by honest parents and reared most tenderly
for breaking of the union bank
every station we passed through i could hear the people say
a place you all know well
Cause if you do, you ll surely rue and find yourself like me
all you who have your freedom
Brought up by honest parents, serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary
Every station we passed through i could hear the people say, serving up to twenty years in the penitentiary