Intro: Em D C D Em

Em                   D
A blacksmith courted me
     C          D  Em
Nine months and better
                 D
He fairly won my heart
      C    D   Em
Wrote me a letter
         G      D      Em
With his hammer in his hand
                  D
He looked quite clever
A                    G
And if I was with my love
         D     Em
I'd live for ever.


Em                   D
But where is my love gone
         C           D Em
With his cheeks like roses
                             D
And his good black Billycock on
       C          D   Em
Decked round with primroses
      G        D         Em
I'm afraid the scorching sun
                           D
Will shine and burn his beauty
A                    G
And if I was with my love
       D  Em
I'd do my duty.


Em                      D
Strange news is come to town
        C       D  Em
Strange news is carried
                         D
Strange news flys up and down
        C       D Em
That my love is married.
G           D         Em
I wish them both much joy
                      D
Though they can't hear me
A                      G
And may God reward him well
         D           Em
For the slighting of me.


Em                 D
Don't you remember when
     C    D   Em
You lay beside me
                         D
And you said you'd marry me
    C    D   Em
And not deny me
      G       D     Em
If I said I'd marry you
                       D
It was only for to try you
A                     G
So bring your witness love
             D    Em
And I'll not deny you.


Em                D
No witness have I none
     C   D   Em
Save God Almighty
                      D
And may he reward you well
        C         D  Em
For the slighting of me
     G             D   Em          
Her lips grew pale and wan
                     D
It made a poor heart tremble
A                  G
To think she loved a one
       D      Em
And he proved deceitful.