The Pretty Maid

Am  Em  Am

[Verse 1]
            G             F   Em
It was on a fine summer's morning
    Am            Em           Am
The birds sweetly tune on each bough
                G          F   Em
And as I walked out for my pleasure
  Am         Em        Am
I saw a maid milking a cow


[Verse 2]
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Her voice was so enchanting, 
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melodious
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Left me quite unable to go_____
   Em            Am          G  Em
My heart, it was loaded with sorrow
        Am          Em          
For the pretty girl milking her 
Am     Em  Am
cow


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[Verse 3]
              G         F  Em
Then to her I made my advances
      Am           Em        Am
"Good morrow, most beautiful maid
               G          F   Em
Your beauty my heart so entrances"
       Am          Em           Am
"Pray, sir, do not banter," she said


[Verse 4]
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"I'm not such a rare precious jewel
     C                    F Em Dm
That I should enamour you so_____
  Em       Am          G    Em
I am but a poor little milk girl"
         Am          Em          
Says the pretty girl milking her 
Am     Em  Am
cow


[Verse 5]
              G            F  Em
"The Indies afford no such jewel
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So bright, so transparently clear
               G            F   Em
Ah, do not add flames to my funeral
   Am          Em          Am
Consent but to know me, my dear"


[Verse 6]
G/B C                  F
Oh, had I the lamp of Aladdin
       C                         
Or the wealth that gold mines can 
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bestow___
        Em        Am        G  Em
I would rather be poor in a cottage
         Am          Em          
With the pretty girl milking her 
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cow