Intro: E5 D5 C5 D5 E5

E5                   D5
A blacksmith courted me
     C5          D5  E5
Nine months and better
                 D5
He fairly won my heart
      C5    D5   E5
Wrote me a letter
         G5      D5      E5
With his hammer in his hand
                  D5
He looked quite clever
A5                    G5
And if I was with my love
         D5     E5
I'd live for ever.


E5                   D5
But where is my love gone
         C5           D5 E5
With his cheeks like roses
                             D5
And his good black Billycock on
       C5          D5   E5
Decked round with primroses
      G5        D5         E5
I'm afraid the scorching sun
                           D5
Will shine and burn his beauty
A5                    G5
And if I was with my love
       D5  E5
I'd do my duty.


E5                      D5
Strange news is come to town
        C5       D5  E5
Strange news is carried
                         D5
Strange news flys up and down
        C5       D5 E5
That my love is married.
G5           D5         E5
I wish them both much joy
                      D5
Though they can't hear me
A5                      G5
And may God reward him well
         D5           E5
For the slighting of me.


E5                 D5
Don't you remember when
     C5    D5   E5
You lay beside me
                         D5
And you said you'd marry me
    C5    D5   E5
And not deny me
      G5       D5     E5
If I said I'd marry you
                       D5
It was only for to try you
A5                     G5
So bring your witness love
             D5    E5
And I'll not deny you.


E5                D5
No witness have I none
     C5   D5   E5
Save God Almighty
                      D5
And may he reward you well
        C5         D5  E5
For the slighting of me
     G5             D5   E5          
Her lips grew pale and wan
                     D5
It made a poor heart tremble
A5                  G5
To think she loved a one
       D5      E5
And he proved deceitful.