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Mary And The Soldier

	G
Come	all you lads of high renown

	D7	G
That will hear of a	fair young	maiden

On the lofty mountains far away,
there dwells a comely maiden

	C	G
And she roved out on a	summer's	day

	D7	G
For to view the	soldier's pa	rading

	C	G	D7
They march so bold and they	look so	gay	,

	Em	C	D7
The	colours flyin' and the	bands did	play

	G	Em	C	D7
And it	caused young	Mary	for to	say,

	G	D7	G
I'll	wed you me	gallant	soldier"

	G
She	viewed the soldiers on parade

	D7	G
And as they	stood at their	leisure

	C	G
Young Mary to her	self did	say:

	D7	G
"At last I	found my	treasure

	C	G	D7
But oh how cruel my	parents must	be

	Em	C	D7
To	banish my darlin' so	far from	me

	G	Em	C	D7
Well I'll	leave them	all and I'll	go with	thee

	G	D7	G
Me	bold un	doubted	soldier"

	G
"Oh	Mary dear, your parents' love,

	D7	G
I pray don't	be un	ruly

	C	G
For when you're in a	foreign	land,

	D7	G
Believe me you'll	rue it	surely

	C	G	D7
Perhaps in battle	I might	fall

	Em	C	D7
From a	shot from an angry	cannon	ball

	G	Em	C	D7
And	you so	far from your	daddy's	hall

	G	D7	G
Be ad	vised by a	gallant	soldier."

	G
"Oh I have	fifty guineas n my coat,

	D7	G
Likewise a	heart that's	bolder

	C	G
And I'd leave them all and I'd	go with	you

	D7	G
Me bold un	daunted	soldier

	C	G	D7
So don't say no but	let me	go

	Em	C	D7
And	I will face the	daring	foe

	G	Em	C	D7
And we'll	march to	gether	to and	fro

	G	D7	G
And I'll	wed you, my	gallant	soldier"

	G
And	when he saw her loyalty

	D7	G
And Mary	so true-	hearted

	C	G
He said: "Me darling,	married we'll	be,

	D7	G
And nothing but	death will	part us

	C	G	D7
And when we're in a	foreign	land

	Em	C	D7
I'll	guard you, darling, with	my right	hand

	G	Em	C	D7
And	hopes that	God might	stand a	friend

	G	D7	G
To	Mary and her	gallant	soldier"

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