D [Verse 1] D As it fell out on a cold Winter day G D A7 The drops of rain did fall D G D Our savior asked leave of his mother Mary D A D If he might go play at ball [Bridge 1] D "Go up the hill," D His mother said D G D "And there you will find D A "Three jolly children, A D G D "But let me hear no complaint of you A D "When you come home again" [Verse 2] D But the children said, "We are royal son, G D A7 "And we will not play at ball. A7 D G D "For you are but a poor maid's child D A D "Born in an oxen stall." [Instrumetal] D G D A D [Verse 3] D "If you are lords' and ladies' sons G D A "And you will not play at ball D G D "I'll build you a bridge of the beams of the sun D A D "To play upon us all" [Bridge 2] D And he built them a bridge of the beams of the sun D G D A And over the pools they played all three D And the mother's called, "Mary, D G D "Call home your child, D A D 'Ere ours all drownéd be" [Chorus] D Mary mild, (Mary mild), (Mary mild), D Mary mild, (Mary mild) D C D Called home her child D G D A And when she asked him, why said he: [Verse 4] A D G D "Oh, I built them a bridge of the beams of the sun, D A D "So they would play at ball with me D A D "So they would play with me."