E         Dbm
Time is a ticking my love

A             E
Can no longer stay

          Dbm
Sounds of the alarms

    A         B
And I must go away

Dbm          E
Ordered out over seas

A          Dbm
For many a weary day

       A           E               A       E
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal



E           Dbm
Oh, Willie, Sweet Willie

A              E
Don't leave me here alone

              Dbm
For I wish to God above,

     A           B
That I was never born

Dbm          E
Parting from you my love

A                    Dbm
I'd rather be buried alive

   A              E               A                       E
So stay home with me Sweet Willie and I'll be your loving wife



E         Dbm
Oh Annie, Sweet Annie

A              E
Surely can not stay

                   Dbm
The government has ordered me

    A         B
And I must go away

    Dbm
The government has ordered me

A            Dbm
Set up their command

    A         E            A               E
And I'm bound away my love for the Leopold Canal



E             Dbm
Cruel was the war

A             E
When it first began

       Dbm
Out of Canada

   A            B
We lost, many a man

Dbm    E
Out of Canada

A                     Dbm
Men were battered and torn.

A         E           A         E
Thousands lay dead on Leopold's shore.



E              Dbm
Sitting in the trenches

A                 E
Couldn't help but curse

                  Dbm
This cruel bloody war

    A             B
Had taken me from her

Dbm              E
Taken me from my sweet heart

        A                      Dbm
And the place where I loved to dwell

A                         E                    A       E
And shipped me off to the bloody banks, of the Leopold Canal



E         Dbm
Time is a ticking my love

A             E
Can no longer stay

              Dbm
Sounds of the alarms

    A         B
And I must go away

Dbm              E
Ordered out over seas

    A            Dbm
For many a weary day

       A           E               A       E
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal