The Minstrel

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Kind Sirs, Lovely ladies
      Em
This tale you'll enjoy
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of the way love once started
    Cadd9           D  3/8
between maid and boy.
      Em           Bm7
It began on an evening
        C   D       Em
where feasting was done.
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Here our lover's encountered
                    Em
and this tale has begun.

instrumental 1

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verse 2
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As the lad looked around him with wandering eyes
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he beheld there a lady her look like the skies
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As the sun seemed to bless her with flames in her gaze
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't was this wonderful vision that filled him with praise.

verse 3
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His mouth longed to speak of the fire in his soul
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to this beautiful maiden of virtues untold.
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But before he could utter the words on his mind
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she had gone away, vanished and left him behind.

Instrumental 2
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verse 4
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As he caught himself staring, his eyes open wide,
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gazing down at the place where she fled from his sight
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He decided to seek her a quest for his love.
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So he gathered his valour and soon he set off

instrumental
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verse 5
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For a day and a full night he rode and he sought
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asking all he encountered where his love was brought.
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By the trail that they showed him he wandered along,
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't was her image that led him and kept his love strong.

verse 6
      G              D         Em
Kind Sirs, lovely Ladies, our tale is at end
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Did they spend their lived loving, or is their love spent?
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Love is found by the seeker and wants to be sought.
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May the Lord guard your pathways as you seek what he's stored.

outro
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