INTRO: C Am D G (2x)C G D Come all ye lads of high renownG D G C And would hear of a fair young maidenG D And she rode out of a summer's dayG D G For to view the soldiers paradingC Em D They marched so bold and they looked so ga-ayC G The colours flying and the bands did playC G C G And it caused young Mary for to sayD G "I'll wed you, my gallant soldier"C G D And she viewed the soldiers on paradeG D G And as they stood at their leisureC G D And Mary to herself did sayG D G "At last I've found my treasureC Em D But oh, how cruel my parents must be-eC G To banish my darling so far from meC G C G But I'll leave them all and I'll go with theeD G You wild, undaunted soldier"Continues after the adINTERLUDE: C Am D G (2x)C G D "Oh, Mary dear, your parents loveG D G I pray don't be unrulyC G D For when you're in a foreign landG D G Believe me, you'll rue it surelyC Em D And if in battle I might fall_C G By a shot from an angry cannonballC G C G And you so far from your daddy's hallD G Be advised by your gallant soldier"INSTRUMENTAL: G C G D G C G D G D GC Em D C G C G C G D GC G D "And I have fifty guineas in bright goldG D G C Likewise, a heart that's bolderG D And I'll leave them all and I'll go with youG D G You wild, undaunted soldierC Em D So don't say no, but let me go-oC G And I will face the daring foeC G C G And we'll march together, to and froD G C G And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier" INTERLUDE: C Am G D G (2x)C G D And when he saw her loyaltyG D G And Mary so true heartedC G D He said, "Then darling, married we'll beG D G And nothing but death will part usC Em D And when we're in a foreign land_C G I'll guard you darling, with my right handC G C G In the hopes that god might stand a friendD G C G To Mary and her gallant soldierC G D In the hopes that god might stand a friendG D Em C G To Mary and her gallant so-ol-dier"
Mary And The Soldier
Lucy Kaplansky
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