chordBAND

[Verse]~

A2 E

When I first come to this country



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in Eighteen and Forty-nine



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I saw many fair lovers



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but I never saw mine



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I viewed it all around me



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saw I was quite alone



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and me a poor stranger



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and a long way from home





[Verse]~

A2 E

Well,.. my true love she won’t have me



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and it’s this I understand



A2 E

For she wants some free holder



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and I have no land



A2 E

I couldn’t maintain her



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on silver and gold



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but all of the other fine things



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that my love’s house could hold





[Chorus]~

A E

Fare thee well to ol’ mother



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fare thee well to my father too



A2 E

I am going for to ramble



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this wide world all through



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And when I get weary



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I’ll sit down and cry



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and think of my Saro



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pretty Saro,.. my bride





[Verse]~

A2 E

Well,.. I wished I was a turtle dove



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Had wings and could fly



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Far away to my lover’s lodgings



A2 E

Tonight I’d drawn the line



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And there in her lilywhite arms



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I’d lay there all night



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and watch through them little wind’ers



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for the dawning of day