CAPO: 3rd Fret 


Intro: C  Am  D  G   (2x) 

            C              G     D 
Come all ye lads of high renown 
          G         D          G       C 
And would hear of a fair young maiden 
                               G    D 
And she rode out of a summer's day 
       G        D          G 
For to view the soldiers parading 
                              C         Em D 
They marched so bold and they looked so ga-ay 
    C                                G 
The colours flying and the bands did play 
       C            G    C      G 
And it caused young Mary for to say 
                  D       G 
"I'll wed you, my gallant soldier" 


        C                        G    D 
And she viewed the soldiers on parade 
    G       D              G 
And as they stood at their leisure 
    C                   G    D 
And Mary to herself did say 
    G         D        G 
"At last I've found my treasure 
                     C            Em D 
But oh, how cruel my parents must be-e 
             C                   G 
To banish my darling so far from me 
         C          G            C       G 
But I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee 
            D       G 
You wild, undaunted soldier" 


INTERLUDE: C  Am  D  G  (2x) 


     C                       G    D 
"Oh, Mary dear, your parents love 
  G          D    G 
I pray don't be unruly 
    C                        G    D 
For when you're in a foreign land 
  G                D      G 
Believe me, you'll rue it surely 
                 C       Em D 
And if in battle I might fall_ 
     C                        G 
By a shot from an angry cannonball 
    C      G             C       G 
And you so far from your daddy's hall 
                   D       G 
Be advised by your gallant soldier" 


Instrumental: G C G  D G   C  G D G D G 
              C Em D C    G  C G C G  D G 


                  C                 G     D 
"And I have fifty guineas in bright gold 
    G       D            G       C 
Likewise, a heart that's bolder 
         G                                    D 
And I'll leave them all and I'll go with you 
    G       D       G 
You wild, undaunted soldier 
                     C      Em D 
So don't say no, but let me go-o 
    C                      G 
And I will face the daring foe 
          C       G       C      G 
And we'll march together, to and fro 
                     D       G        C  G 
And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier" 


INTERLUDE: C  Am  G D G  (2x) 


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