Biography:
James Keelaghan is a Juno award-winning Canadian folk singer-songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of his songs, such as "Kiri's Piano", about the interment of Japanese Canadians, "October 70", about the FLQ crisis, are inspired by events and figures in Canadian history. Known for his lilting baritone voice, his driving rhythm guitar, and a keen sense of scene and narrative, Keelaghan’s music bridges traditional folk music with Canadiana.
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Other songs:
- Boom Gone Bust
- Cold Missouri Waters
- Country Faire
- Dance As You Go
- Fires Of Calais
- Get To You
- Gladys Ridge
- Glory Bound
- Harvest Train
- Henrys Downfall
- Hillcrest Mine
- Hold Your Ground
- Hope Princeton Road
- House Of Cards
- I Would I Were
- Jack Haggerty
- Kiris Piano
- Lazarus
- Leave Town
- Lost
- Mcconnvilles
- Mirabeau Bridge
- Misty Mountain
- My Blood
- My Old Man
- My Skies
- Never Gonna Stop This Train
- Next To You
- Nothing
- Number 37
- Orion
- Rebeccas Lament
- Red River Rising
- Red
- Refugee
- Ring
- Safe Home
- Sea For The Shore
- Sinatra And I
- Since You Asked
- Sing My Heart Home
- Small Rebellion
- Snap The Line Tight
- Somewhere Ahead
- Stonecutter
- Sweet Lorraine
- Sweet Thames Flow Softly
- Sweetgrass Moon
- The Boston Burglar
- The Flower Of Magherally
- The Kiss Saskatoon
- The Ones Who Made Home
- Tomorrow Is Another Day
- Turn Of The Wheel
- Whats For You
- Who Dies
- You Know Me
- Your Secret
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James Keelaghan - The Boston Burglar
INTRO: G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G
C G D
I was born and raised in Boston
G
A place you all know well
C D G
Brought up by honest parents
C D
The truth to you I'll tell
G C G D
Brought up by honest parents
G
And raised most tenderly
C D G Em
'Til I became a sporting lad
C D G C G D
At the age of twenty-three
G C G D
My character was taken
G
And I was sent to gaol
C D G
My friends they came and tried in vain
C D
To get me out on bail
G C G D
The jury found me guilty
G
And the clerk he wrote it down
C D G
The Judge he passed the sentence
Em C D G C G D
I was bound for Charlestown
G C G D
I can see my darling mother
G
Standing at the bar
C D G
Likewise my dear father
C D
Tearing out his hair
G C G D
Tearing out his grey old locks
G
As the tears came trickling down
C D G Em
"My son, my son what have you done
C D G C G D
To be sent to Charlestown?"
G C G D
They placed me on an eastbound train
G
One cold December day
C D G
And every station we passed through
C D
You could hear the people say
G C G D
"There goes the Boston Burglar
G
In cold chains he is bound
C D G
For one crime or another
Em C D G C G D
He is sent to Charlestown"
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G C D G Em C G D C G
G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G D
G C G
All you who'd have your freedom
Take warning if you can
C D G
And don't go midnight rambling
C D
Or you'll break the laws of man
G C G D
And if you do you'll surely rue
G
And wind up just like me
C D G Em
Serving up full twenty years
C D C G
In the penitentiary____
INTRO: G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G
C G D
I was born and raised in Boston
G
A place you all know well
C D G
Brought up by honest parents
C D
The truth to you I'll tell
G C G D
Brought up by honest parents
G
And raised most tenderly
C D G Em
'Til I became a sporting lad
C D G C G D
At the age of twenty-three
G C G D
My character was taken
G
And I was sent to gaol
C D G
My friends they came and tried in vain
C D
To get me out on bail
G C G D
The jury found me guilty
G
And the clerk he wrote it down
C D G
The Judge he passed the sentence
Em C D G C G D
I was bound for Charlestown
G C G D
I can see my darling mother
G
Standing at the bar
C D G
Likewise my dear father
C D
Tearing out his hair
G C G D
Tearing out his grey old locks
G
As the tears came trickling down
C D G Em
"My son, my son what have you done
C D G C G D
To be sent to Charlestown?"
G C G D
They placed me on an eastbound train
G
One cold December day
C D G
And every station we passed through
C D
You could hear the people say
G C G D
"There goes the Boston Burglar
G
In cold chains he is bound
C D G
For one crime or another
Em C D G C G D
He is sent to Charlestown"
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G C D G Em C G D C G
G C G D G C D G Em C D G C G D
G C G
All you who'd have your freedom
Take warning if you can
C D G
And don't go midnight rambling
C D
Or you'll break the laws of man
G C G D
And if you do you'll surely rue
G
And wind up just like me
C D G Em
Serving up full twenty years
C D C G
In the penitentiary____
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