[Verso 1]
 
G                    C      G 
Come all you lads of high renown 
                    D7         G 
That will hear of a fair young maiden 
                       C        G 
And she roved out on a summer's day 
                D7          G 
For to view the soldier's parading 
                            C       G   D7 
They march so bold and they look so gay 
    Em                    C         D7 
The colors flyin' and the bands did play 
       G            Em   C      D7 
And it caused young Mary for to say, 
     G          D7      G             C   D  G 
I'll wed you me gallant soldier" 


[Verso 2]
  
G                       C      G 
She viewed the soldiers on parade 
            D7             G 
And as they stood at their leisure 
                 C        G 
Young Mary to herself did say: 
           D7       G 
"At last I found my treasure 
                    C            G   D7 
But oh how cruel my parents must be 
   Em                   C        D7 
To banish my darlin' so far from me 
          G          Em           C       D7 
Well I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee 
   G      D7      G             C   D  G 
Me bold undaunted soldier" 
  

[Verso 3]
 
G                   C        G 
"Oh Mary dear, your parents' love, 
             D7   G 
I pray don't be unruly  
                     C       G 
For when you're in a foreign land, 
                  D7     G 
Believe me you'll rue it surely 
                  C       G   D7 
Perhaps in battle I might fall 
       Em                 C      D7 
From a shot from an angry cannon ball 
    G      Em            C       D7 
And you so far from your Daddy's hall 
     G          D7      G             C   D  G 
Be advised by a gallant soldier." 
  

[Verso 4]
 
G                        C     G 
"Oh I have fifty guineas in my coat, 
           D7           G 
Likewise a heart that's bolder 
                                C       G 
And I'd leave them all and I'll go with you 
          D7      G 
Me bold undaunted soldier 
                    C      G   D7 
So don't say no but let me go 
    Em              C      D7 
And I will face the daring foe 
          G       Em     C      D7 
And we'll march together to and fro 
         G           D7      G         C   D  G 
And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier" 
  

[Verso 5]

G                   C    G 
And when he saw her loyalty 
         D7      G 
And Mary so true-hearted 
                      C       G 
He said: "Me darling, married we'll be, 
                D7         G 
And nothing but death will part us 
                    C       G   D7 
And when we're in a foreign land 
     Em                       C        D7 
I'll guard you, darling, with my right hand 
    G          Em        C       D7 
And hopes that God might stand a friend 
   G            D7      G             C   D  G 
To Mary and her gallant soldier"