As I Roved Out

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   Am
As I roved out on a May morning
On a May morning right early
   C             G
I spied my love upon the way
                     Am
Oh, Lord but she was early.
      Am
Her shoes were black, her stockings white
And her buckles shone like silver
     C                G
She had a dark and a roving eye
                               Am
And her ear-rings touched her shoulder
and she sang

C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she landed

      Am
“How old are you my bonny, wee girl?
How old are you my Darling?
     C              G
How old are you my bonny, wee girl?"
                       Am
“I’ll be seventeen on Sunday.”
       Am
Well I went to her house on the top of the hill
When the moon was shining clearly.
C             G
She arose to let me in
                           Am
But her mother chanced to hear me.
And she sang

C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she landed

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Am

       Am
She grabbed her by the hair of her head
And out of the room she brought her,
    C                   G
And with the root of a hazel branch
                    Am
She was a well-beat daughter.
          Am
“Will you marry me now my soldier boy
         Am
Will you marry me now or never?
         C               G
Will you marry me now my soldier boy
                       Am
Can you see I’m done forever.”
        Am
“Well I won’t marry you my bonny wee girl,
  Am
I won’t marry you my Darling.
    C            G
For I have got a wife at home
                  Am
And how could I disown her?”
And she sang

C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she landed

   Am
A pint at night is my delight
And a gallon in the morning.
         C        G
The old women are my heart break
                          Am
But the young ones are my darlings.
   Am
As I roved out on a May morning
On a May morning right early
    C            G
I spied my love upon the way
                     Am
Oh, Lord but she was early.
And she sang

C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
C
lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she sang
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lith-a-doo-a, lith-a-doo-a lith-a-doo-a-dee,
         G                 G             Em
And she high-di-dumma-dee, high-di-dumma-dee
         Am
and she landed, and she landed

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