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