The Maid of Sweet Brown Knowe
Traditional Irish Song
As performed by The Dubliners

D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)        A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)
Come all you lads and lassies and listen to me a while
D (xx0232@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)             A7I'll (x02020@1)sing to you a verse or two that's sure to make you smile
D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)           G (320003@1)                     A7Concerning (x02020@1)a young man I am going to tell you now
               D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)        A7 (x02020@1)                    DWho (xx0232@1)has lately come a courting the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe.

D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)              A7 (x02020@1)                DThis (xx0232@1)young man says "My pretty maid, will you come along with me?
D (xx0232@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)          A7We'll (x02020@1)both fly off together and happy we will be
D (xx0232@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)             A7We'll (x02020@1)join our hands in wedlock bands as I'm speaking with ya now
            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)            A7 (x02020@1)                    DAnd (xx0232@1)I'll do me best endeavour for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe."

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)            A7 (x02020@1)             D (xx0232@1)  
This fair and fickle young thing she knew not what to say
D (xx0232@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)        A7Her (x02020@1)eyes did shine like diamonds bright and merrily did play
D (xx0232@1)                        Bm (x24432@1)             G (320003@1)           A7She (x02020@1)says "Young man, your love subdue, for I'm not ready now
              D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)          A7 (x02020@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)I'll spend another season at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe."
 
D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)             A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1) 
The young man said "My pretty maid, how can you answer so?
D (xx0232@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)            G (320003@1)            A7See (x02020@1)down in yonder valley where my crops do gently grow
D (xx0232@1)              Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)             A7Down (x02020@1)in yonder valley I have horses, men and plough
             D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)          A7 (x02020@1)                    DAnd (xx0232@1)they're at their daily labor for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe."
 
D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)        A7 (x02020@1)              D (xx0232@1) 
"If they're at their daily labor, kind sir, 'tis not for me
D (xx0232@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)                 A7I've (x02020@1)heard of your behavior, I have indeed", says she
D (xx0232@1)                    Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)             A7"There (x02020@1)is an inn where you call in and I've heard the people say
                D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)                  A7 (x02020@1)                 
That you rap and you call and you pay for all and come home at the break of 
 Dday." (xx0232@1)
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)             A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1)  
"If I rap and I call and I pay for all, me money is all me own
D (xx0232@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)                  A7I'll (x02020@1)never spend your fortune for I hear that you've got none
D (xx0232@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)            A7 (x02020@1)
You thought you had me poor heart won by meeting with ya now
              D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)             A7 (x02020@1)                    DBut (xx0232@1)I'll leave ya where I found ya at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe."