When I Was On Horseback

     Am                   G
When I was on horseback, wasn't I 
pretty
     Am                   C       
When I was on horseback, wasn't I 
Am
gay
Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork 
C
city
                 G             
And met with my downfall on the 
               Am
fourteenth of may

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 Am                    G
Six jolly soldiers to carry my 
coffin
 Am                    C          
Six jolly soldiers to march by my 
Am
side
                                C  
It's six jolly soldiers take a 
         Am
bunch of red roses
 C          G            Em      Am
And for to smell them as we go along

Beat the drum slowly and play the 
pipes only
Playing the deadmarch as we go along
And bring me to Tipperary and lay me
 down easy
I am a young soldier that've never 
done wrong

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(first verse)