rd Fret
Intro: C Am D G (2x)
C G D
Come all ye lads of high renown
G D G C
And would hear of a fair young maiden
G D
And she rode out of a summer's day
G D G
For to view the soldiers parading
C Em D
They marched so bold and they looked so ga-ay
C G
The colours flying and the bands did play
C G C G
And it caused young Mary for to say
D G
"I'll wed you, my gallant soldier"
C G D
And she viewed the soldiers on parade
G D G
And as they stood at their leisure
C G D
And Mary to herself did say
G D G
"At last I've found my treasure
C Em D
But oh, how cruel my parents must be-e
C G
To banish my darling so far from me
C G C G
But I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee
D G
You wild, undaunted soldier"
INTERLUDE: C Am D G (2x)
C G D
"Oh, Mary dear, your parents love
G D G
I pray don't be unruly
C G D
For when you're in a foreign land
G D G
Believe me, you'll rue it surely
C Em D
And if in battle I might fall_
C G
By a shot from an angry cannonball
C G C G
And you so far from your daddy's hall
D G
Be advised by your gallant soldier"
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