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The Bailiffs Daughter Of Islington chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Bailiff's Daughter appears in Percy's Reliques (1765) and William Chappell's Popular Music of
 the Olden Time; a collection of Ancient Songs, Ballads and Dance Tunes from Writers of the 16th
and 17th Centuries (circa 1859).

Intro:
| Chord diagramC majorC | Chord diagramC majorC  | Chord diagramC majorC   |  Chord diagramFF |
| Chord diagramC majorC | Chord diagramC majorC  | Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G |  Chord diagramC majorC |

Verses:
      Chord diagramC majorC
There was a youth, and a well belov'd youth,
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
And he was a esquire's son,
    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramA minorAm
He loved the bailiff's daughter dear,
      Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
That lived in Islington.

Chord diagramC majorC
She was coy, and she would not believe
     Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
That he did love her so,
     Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA minorAm
No, nor at any time she would
       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC
Any countenance to him show.

      Chord diagramC majorC
But when his friends did understand,
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
His fond and foolish mind,
     Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramA minorAm
They sent him up to fair London,
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
An apprentice for to bind.

      Chord diagramC majorC
And when he had been seven long years,
    Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
And his love he had not seen,
       Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramA minorAm
Many a tear have I shed for her sake,
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
When she little thought of me.

Chord diagramC majorC
All the maids of Islington
      Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
Went forth to sport and play;
 Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramA minorAm
All but the bailiff's daughter dear;
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
She secretly stole away.

    Chord diagramC majorC
She put off her gown of gray,
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
And put on her puggish attire;
 Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramA minorAm
She's up to fair London gone,
    Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
Her true-love to require.

    Chord diagramC majorC
As she went along the road,
     Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
The weather being hot and dry,
      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramA minorAm
There was she aware of her true-love,
     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
At length come riding by.

    Chord diagramC majorC
She stept to him, as red as any rose,
    Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC
And took him by the bridle ring;
      Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramA minorAm
"I pray you, kind sir, give me one penny,
   Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
To ease my weary limb."

        Chord diagramC majorC
"I prithee, sweetheart, canst thou tell me
Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC
Where that thou wast born "
     Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramA minorAm
"At Islington, kind sir," said she,
       Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
"where I have had many a scorn."

        Chord diagramC majorC
"I prithee, sweetheart, canst thou tell me
Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Whether thou dost know
    Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramA minorAm
The bailiff's daughter of Islington "
        Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC
"She's dead, sir, long ago."

      Chord diagramC majorC
"Then will I sell my goodly steed,
    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
My saddle and my bow;
Chord diagramFF                 Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA minorAm
I will into some far country,
      Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
Where no man doth me know."

    Chord diagramC majorC
"O stay, O stay, thou goodly youth!
         Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
She's alive, she is not dead;
          Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramA minorAm
Here she standeth by thy side,
         Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC
And is ready to be thy bride."

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