[C] My sweet Madeline
she rowed [G] over
The soft spring ice
quietly crossing the [C] border
This underground journey came at quite a [F] price
She started in Caro[G]lina with all [C] three
of my [G] girls on the [G7] road
To [G] freedom in the north [C] country
[F] They had a [C] ticket [G] on that gospel [G7] train
And they [C] sailed the northern [F] waters to [G] reach promised [C] land
[C] Follow the drinking gourd
said the station[G]master
The quilts on the wall
keep the wheels turning [C] faster
In the camp by the lake came that deadly [F] squall
that cracked those old [G] cotton;wood [C] trees
[G] crushing my little [G7] ones
Bringing [G] Madeline to her [C] knees
They [F] escaped the bonds of [C] slavery [G] through the howling [G7] rain
only to [C] die on [F] arrival in that [G] Canadian tree [C] stand
[C] The Wild wind it comes
To those northern [G] waters
Under the swaying trees
Try to keep close your [C] daughters
Hear my fair warning, when you feel that cold [F] breeze
that drops from the [G] sky a[C]bove
you [G] know its time to [G7] run
and [G ] protect the ones you [C] love
[F] They had a [C] ticket [G] on that gospel [G7] train
And they [C] sailed the northern [F] waters to [G] reach promised [C] land
they [F] escaped the bonds of [C] slavery [G] through the howling [G7] rain
only to [C] die on [F] arrival in that [G] Canadian tree [C] stand
