G C
The lambs on the green hills, they sport and they play
G D
And many strawberries grow round the salt sea
G C
How sad is my heart when my own love's away
G D7 C G
How many's the ship sails the ocean –
[Verse 2]
G C
The bride and bride's party, to church they did go
G D
The bride she rode foremost, she bears the best show
G C
And I followed after with my heart filled with woe
G D7 C G
For to see my love wed to another -
[Verse 3]
G C
The next time I saw her, was in the Church stand
G D
Gold ring on her finger and her love by her hand
G C
Says I my wee lassie, I will be your man
G D7 C G
Although you are wed to another –
[Verse 4]
G C
The last time I saw her, was on the way home
G D
I rode on before her not knowing where to roam
G C
Says I my wee lassie, I will be the one
G D7 C G
Although you are wed to another –
[Verse 5]
G C
Stop, stop says the groomsman, til I speak a word
G D
Would you chance your life on the point of my sword
G C
For courting so slowly, you have lost this fair maid
G D7 C G
So be gone for you ne'er will enjoy her –
[Verse 6]
G C
So dig now my grave, both long wide and deep
G D
And sprinkle it over with flowers so sweet
G C
And lay me down in it for to take my last sleep
G D7 C G
For that's the sure way to forget her. –
