Am Em Am
[Verse 1]
G F Em
It was on a fine summer's morning
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The birds sweetly tune on each bough
G F Em
And as I walked out for my pleasure
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I saw a maid milking a cow
[Verse 2]
G/B C F
Her voice was so enchanting, melodious
C F Em Dm
Left me quite unable to go_____
Em Am G Em
My heart, it was loaded with sorrow
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For the pretty girl milking her cow
[Verse 3]
G F Em
Then to her I made my advances
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"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]
G/B C F
"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"
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Says the pretty girl milking her 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
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Consent but to know me, my dear"
[Verse 6]
G/B C F
Oh, had I the lamp of Aladdin
C F Em Dm
Or the wealth that gold mines can bestow___
Em Am G Em
I would rather be poor in a cottage
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With the pretty girl milking her cow
