Chords with lyrics
verse 1
A minorAm
As I roved out on a May morning
A minorAm
On a May morning right early
C majorC G+G
I spied my love upon the way
A minorAm
Oh, Lord but she was early.
A minorAm
Her boots were black, her stockings white
A minorAm
And her buckles shone like silver
C majorC G+G
She had a dark and a roving eye
A minorAm
And her ear-rings touched her shoulder.
And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,
and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2
A minorAm
she lan-ded
verse 2
A minorAm
?How old are you my bonny, wee girl?
A minorAm
How old are you my Darling?
C majorC G+G
How old are you my bonny, wee girl?"
A minorAm
?I?ll be seventeen on Sunday.?
A minorAm
I went to her house on the top of the hill
A minorAm
When the moon was shining clearly.
C majorC G+G
She arose to let me in
A minorAm
But her mother chanced to hear me.
And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,
and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2
A minorAm
she lan-ded
verse 3
A minorAm
She grabbed her by the hair of her head
A minorAm
And out of the room she brought her,
C majorC G+G
And with the root of a hazel branch
A minorAm
She was a well-beat daughter.
A minorAm
?Will you marry me now my soldier boy
A minorAm
Will you marry me now or never?
C majorC G+G
Will you marry me now my soldier boy
A minorAm
Can you see I?m done forever.?
A minorAm
?Well I won?t marry you my bonny wee girl,
A minorAm
I won?t marry you my Darling.
C majorC G+G
For I have got a wife at home
A minorAm
And how could I disown her??
And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,
and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x2
Verse
A minorAm
A augmentedA pint at night is my delight
A minorAm
And a gallon in the morning.
C majorC G+G
The old women are my heart break
A minorAm
But the young ones are my darlings.
A minorAm
As I roved out on a May morning
A minorAm
On a May morning right early
C majorC G+G
I spied my love upon the way
A minorAm
Oh, Lord but she was early.
And she sang
C majorC
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
G+G
And she high-di-lan-di-dee,
and she high-di-lan-di-dee and
A minorAm
she lan-ded x3
A minorAm
she lan-ded