D5 G5 A5 D5 Come all you lads and lassies and listen to me a while D5 B5 G5 A5 I'll sing to you a verse or two that's sure to make you smile D5 B5 G5 A5 Concerning a young man I am going to tell you now D5 G5 A5 D5 Who has lately come a courting the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe. D5 G5 A5 D5 This young man says "My pretty maid, will you come along with me? D5 B5 G5 A5 We'll both fly off together and happy we will be D5 B5 G5 A5 We'll join our hands in wedlock bands as I'm speaking with ya now D5 G5 A5 D5 And I'll do me best endeavour for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe." D5 G5 A5 D5 This fair and fickle young thing she knew not what to say D5 B5 G5 A5 Her eyes did shine like diamonds bright and merrily did play D5 B5 G5 A5 She says "Young man, your love subdue, for I'm not ready now D5 G5 A5 D5 And I'll spend another season at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe." D5 G5 A5 D5 The young man said "My pretty maid, how can you answer so? D5 B5 G5 A5 See down in yonder valley where my crops do gently grow D5 B5 G5 A5 Down in yonder valley I have horses, men and plough D5 G5 A5 D5 And they're at their daily labor for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe." D5 G5 A5 D5 "If they're at their daily labor, kind sir, 'tis not for me D5 B5 G5 A5 I've heard of your behavior, I have indeed", says she D5 B5 G5 A5 "There is an inn where you call in and I've heard the people say D5 G5 A5 That you rap and you call and you pay for all and come home at the break of D5 day." D5 G5 A5 D5 "If I rap and I call and I pay for all, me money is all me own D5 B5 G5 A5 I'll never spend your fortune for I hear that you've got none D5 B5 G5 A5 You thought you had me poor heart won by meeting with ya now D5 G5 A5 D5 But I'll leave ya where I found ya at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe."
