Bm A
As I roved out one morning
G A
All in the blooming spring
Bm A
I overheard a damsel
G A
So grievously sing
Bm A
Saying cruel were my parents
G A
Who did me sore annoy
Bm A G A
They would not let me tarry with my bonny Irish boy
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Bm A
His hair is like the chestnut brown
G A
His eyes as black as sloes;
Bm A
He is meek in his behaviour
G A
Wherever that he goes
Bm A
He is well-sized, both neat and wise
G A
Like a maiden's chastity
Bm A
If I had my will I would be still
G A
In my love's company
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Bm A
If I had all the riches now
G A
That great men have in store
Bm A
'Tis freely I'd bestow them
G A
On the man that I adore;
Bm A
His beauty so entangled me
G A
I never can deny
Bm A
In the arms of my labouring boy
G A
I mean to live and die
[Outro]
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