C                  F            C           G
Come all you true born Irishmen and listen to my song
   C               F          C          G          C
I am a bold buck navvy and I don’t know right from wrong
   C                  F            C               G
Of late I’ve been transported from Ireland’s holy shore
   C               F            C     G     C
My case is sad, my crime is bad I was born poor

[Chorus]

C             F                C              G
Cricklewood, Cricklewood, you stole my youth away!
C               F              C       G        C
I was young and innocent, and you were old and grey.

[Verse 2]

 C             F                C            G
If you're born poor me lads it is a shocking state
   C               F                C       G     C
The judge will sit upon your crime, this he will relate
   C                  F            C               G
I find the prisoner guilty and the law I must lay down
   C            F                C       G      C
Let him be transported straight away to Camden Town

[Chorus]

C             F                C              G
Cricklewood, Cricklewood, you stole my youth away!
C               F              C       G        C
I was young and innocent, and you were old and grey.

[Verse 3]

 C                 F              C               G
Take him down to Cricklewood and leave him in the pub
       C                F            C       G     C
Go and call the barman landlord then ask him for a sub
 C                F               C                  G
Leave him down in Cricklewood mid mortar bricks and lime
   C               F            C         G      C
And let him rot in Cricklewood until the end of time.

[Chorus] 

C             F                C              G
Cricklewood, Cricklewood, you stole my youth away!
C               F              C       G        C
I was young and innocent, and you were old and grey.
C             F                C              G
Cricklewood, Cricklewood, you stole my youth away!
C               F              C       G        C
I was young and innocent, and you were old and grey.