Lily Munroe chords by Burl Ives

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
A minorAm
There was a wealthy merchant,
A minorAm
In London he did dwell.
A minorAm
He had an onli daughter,
    E MajorE         A minorAm
And the truth to you I’ll tell.
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.


Verse 2:
A minorAm
Her sweetheart left the country,
A minorAm
With trouble on his mind
A minorAm
A augmentedA leavin’ of his family
    E MajorE        A minorAm
And his own true love behind.
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.

Verse 3:
A minorAm
This girl, she dressed herself
A minorAm
All up in men’s array
A minorAm
And to the war department
     E MajorE        A minorAm
Straight way she marched away
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.


Verse 4:
A minorAm
 “Your waist is slim and slender,
A minorAm
Your fingers they are small,
A minorAm
Your cheeks too red and rosy
  E MajorE        A minorAm
To face the cannon ball.”
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.

Verse 5:
A minorAm
 “I know my waist is slender,
A minorAm
My fingers they are small
A minorAm
But it would not make me tremble
  E MajorE        A minorAm
To see ten thousand fall.”
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.


Verse 6:
A minorAm
When the war soon was over,
A minorAm
This girl, she searched the ground
A minorAm
Among the dead and wounded,
     E MajorE         A minorAm
Till her own true love she found.
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.

Verse 7:
A minorAm
This couple they got married,
A minorAm
So well they did agree
A minorAm
This couple, they got married
  E MajorE        A minorAm
So, why not you and me.
         E MajorE       A minorAm
Play the lily o, play the lily o.