When First I Came To Caledonia Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][Dsus4][G][C][G]
[Dsus4][G]

[Verse 1]
When [G]first I came [C]to Californi[G]a
And I got [C]lodging[G][C][G]
with Don[D]ald [G]Norman
He [C]had a [G]daughter [C]who'd
[Dsus4]make good tea[G]
And it was [C]me and me [G]brother Charlie,
Two bigger [C]shavers,
you [G]ne 'er did [C]see,
We're spearing [G]eels in
the [Dsus4]month of [D]Apr[G]il,
And [C]starving [G]slaves out [Dsus4]on Scat t[G]erly.
I went to [C]Norman's
to [G]buy some brugseye,
a keg of [C]salt and a [G]pound of [C]tea.
But Norman [G]said that I
[Dsus4]could not hav[G]e them
till [C]fish got [G]plenty an[D]d scattering.
[G]So I went [C]over to [G]the big harbour,
I only [C]went for to [G]see the [C]spray.
I saw a [G]maid from [D]Guadri[G]ova,
she [C]looked [G]to me like [Dsus4]the Queen [G]of [C]May.
[G][C][G][C][G]
[Dsus4][G][C][G][Dsus4][G]
If I had [C]come from [G]Pennsylvania
And I had [C]paper so [G]snow[C]y white
And I had ink of [Dsus4]a rosy mo[C]rnin[G]g
A [C]true love [G]letter [C]to unwrite
[G]I put my foot on [C]the dee[G]pest ocean
A star from the land, [C]as once [G]I could b[C]e
A sailing over the deep[D]est wa[C]ter[G]
A [C]woman's [G]love would [C]nev[D]er bother [Dsus4]me[G]
[C][G][C][G][C]
[G][Dsus4][G][C][G][Dsus4][G]
I'd set my [C]hat to a [G]cask of brandy
And it's a [C]dandy I [G]do de[C]clare
For when I'm [G]drinkin',
I'm [D]sad and [Dsus4]think in'[G]
How [C]I could g[G]ain that young l[Dsus4]ady fair[G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[Dsus4][G][C][G][Dsus4][G]
When first [C]I came to C[G]aledonia,
And I got [C]loading of [G]number [C]three,
I know he got lodgin' with [Dsus4]Donald No[G]rman
He [C]had a [G]daughter,
could [C]make [Dsus4]good tea[G][C][G]