Capo  4 



C         Am 
Time is a ticking my love 

F             C 
Can no longer stay 

          Am 
Sounds of the alarms 

    F         G 
And I must go away 

Am          C 
Ordered out over seas 

Am 
For many a weary day 

       F           C               F       C 
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal 


...and so on... 


Oh, Willie, Sweet Willie 
Don't leave me here alone 
For I wish to God above, 
That I was never born 
Parting from you my love 
I'd rather be buried alive 
So stay home with me Sweet Willie and I'll be your loving wife 

Oh Annie, Sweet Annie 
Surely can not stay 
The government has ordered me 
And I must go away 
The government has ordered me 
Set up their command 
And I'm bound away my love for the Leopold Canal 

Cruel was the war 
When it first began 
Out of Canada 
We lost, many a man 
Out of Canada 
Men were battered and torn. 
Thousands lay dead on Leopold's shore. 

Sitting in the trenches 
Couldn't help but curse 
This cruel bloody war 
Had taken me from her 
Taken me from my sweet heart 
And the place where I loved to dwell 
And shipped me off to the bloody banks, of the Leopold Canal 

Time is a ticking my love 
Can no longer stay 
Sounds of the alarms 
And I must go away 
Ordered out over seas 
For many a weary day 
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal 
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal 
To the banks, of a place they call Leopold Canal