Tuning: Standard
Key: F
Intro:
C
F C G
C
F C G C
Verse 1:
C
Once I courted a pretty fair maid
F C G
She was handsome, tall and youg
C
Until at length I did discover
F C G C
That she had a false and flattering tongue
C
If I had have loved her foolish would I be
F C G C
But love will never, never conquer me
Chorus:
C
No nor anyone but we control
F C G
To keep me from my flowing bowl
C
When I am single, single I am free
F C G C
Love will never, never conquer me
Interlude:
C
F C G
C
F C G C
Verse 2:
C
Then of some day I'll get some riches
F C G
And I might have to take a wife
C
But we would fight for the old bridges
F C G C
And she would lead a terrible life
C
But boys, no, this never could be
F C G C
For love will never, never conquer me
Chorus:
C
No nor anyone but we control
F C G
To keep me from my flowing bowl
C
When I am single, single I am free
F C G C
Love will never, never conquer me
Interlude:
C
F C G
C
F C G C
Verse 3:
C
Perhaps some day I'll take a notion
F C G
And I might cross the ocean wave
C
To where I could die without a motion
F C G C
And these last words put above me grave
C
Here lies a youth who never was tied
F C G
To any old nag or scolding bride
C
For when I am single, single I am free
F C G C
And love will never, never conquer me
Chorus:
C
No nor anyone but we control
F C G
To keep me from my flowing bowl
C
When I am single, single I am free
F G C
Love will never, never conquer me
