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F   G   Dm   F   G

[Verse]
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As I roved out on a bright May morning
                    F  C        Dm      G
To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay
     F                   G          Dm
Whom should I spy but my own true lover
   F                 G
As she sat under yon willow tree

[Verse]
  Dm                    F     G    C
I took off my hat and I did salute her
            F    C        Dm        G
Oh, I did salute her most courageously
         F                        G                    Dm
When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her
         F                           G
Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me"

[Verse]
       Dm             F       G     C
"And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you
               F       Am      Dm         G
A hard diamond ring to wear on your right hand
        F                        G              Dm
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
    F                       G
And married the lassie that had the land"

[Verse]
      Dm                      F       G        C
"If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
               F   C        Dm    G
It's that I'll rue till the day I die
        F                      G            Dm
When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it
   F                    G
I was blindfolded, I'll ne'er deny"

[Instrumental]
Dm   F  G  C    F  C  Dm  G
F   G   Dm   F   G

[Verse]
       Dm                     F      G   C
Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber
               F       C         Dm    G
My thoughts of my true love, run in my mind
       F                  G            Dm
When I turned around to embrace my darling
  F                        G
Instead of gold, sure it's brass I find

[Verse]
      Dm                        F        G C
And I wish the Queen would call home her army
              F Am     Dm          G
From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain
    F                G        Dm
And every man to his wedded woman
   F                         G
In hopes that you and I will meet again

[Outro]
Am Dm   F  G  C    F  C  Dm  G
F   G   Dm   F   G