G5
Pretty fair maid was in her garden 
       E5       D5             G5
When a stranger came a-riding by 
              F#5           E5
He came up to the gate and called her 
                 D5                    G5
Said pretty fair maid would you be my bride 

G5
Said I've a true love who's in the army 
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And he's been gone for seven long years 
                F#5               E5
And if he's gone for seven years longer 
              D5                G5
I'll still be waiting for him here 

G5
Perhaps he's on some watercourse drowning 
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Perhaps he's on some battlefield slain 
               F#5          E5
Perhaps he's to a fair girl married 
            D5              G5
And you may never see him again 

G5
Well if he's drowned, I hope he's happy 
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Or if he's on some battlefield slain 
              F#5             E5
And if he's to some fair girl married 
              D5                 G5
I'll love the girl that married him 

G5
He took his hand out of his pocket 
           E5         D5            G5
And on his finger he wore a golden ring 
                 F#5         E5
And when she saw that band a-shining 
            D5                   G5
A brand new song her heart did sing 

G5
And then he threw his arms all around her 
       E5   D5               G5
Kisses gave her one, two, three 
                  F#5         E5
Said I'm your true and loving soldier 
                D5              G5
That's come back home to marry thee 

G5
Pretty fair maid was in her garden 
       E5       D5             G5
When a stranger came a-riding by 
              F#5           E5
He came up to the gate and called her 
                 D5                    G5
Said pretty fair maid would you be my bride