Female Drummer
Steeleye Span
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A G A A G AAm G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am Em [Verse 1]Am G I was brought up in Yorkshire andAm G when I was sixteenEm Oh I ran away to London and aAm Em soldier I became [Chorus]D G With me fine cap and feather,Am G likewise me rattling drum theyEm learned me to play upon theAm Em rubadub-a-dumD G With me gentle waist so slender,Am G me fingers long and small, and toEm Am play upon the rubadub the best ofEm them allAm G Am G G Em Am Em [Verse 2]Am G And so many were the pranks that IAm G saw among the FrenchEm And so boldly did I fight, me boys,Am Em although I'm but a wenchAm G And in buttoning up me trousers soAm G often have I smiledEm To think I lay with a thousand menAm Em and a maiden all the whileContinues after the ad[Chorus]D G With me fine cap and feather,Am G likewise me rattling drum theyEm learned me to play upon theAm Em rubadub-a-dumD G With me gentle waist so slender,Am G me fingers long and small, and toEm Am play upon the rubadub the best ofEm them allAm G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am Em [Verse 3]Am G And they never found my secret outAm G until this very hourEm When they sent me off to London toAm Em keep sentry o'er the TowerAm G When a young girl fell in loveAm G with me and she found that I was a maidEm She went up to me officer and meAm Em secret she betrayed [Chorus]D G With me fine cap and feather,Am G likewise me rattling drum theyEm learned me to play upon theAm Em rubadub-a-dumD G With me gentle waist so slender,Am G me fingers long and small, and toEm Am play upon the rubadub the best ofEm them allAm G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am Em [Verse 4]Am G He unbuttoned then my red tunicAm G and he found that it was trueEm 'It's a shame’, he says, 'to lose aAm Em pretty drummer boy like you’Am G Am So now I must return to me mumG and dad at homeEm And along with me bold comradesAm Em it's no longer can I roam [Chorus]D G With me fine cap and feather,Am G likewise me rattling drum theyEm learned me to play upon theAm Em rubadub-a-dumD G With me gentle waist so slender,Am G me fingers long and small, and toEm Am play upon the rubadub the best ofEm them allAm G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am EmD G Am G G Em Am Em