Gordon Bok – Ramble Away (Guitar)

           G                       Am
As I was a-walking down Birmingham Street

      G                                   Am
In m' new scarlet jacket, all neat and complete

          G                   Bm
The young girls all smiled as they passed me by

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Saying one to another, there goes Rambleaway

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And as I was a-walking down Birmingham Fair

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I spied pretty Nancy, combing her hair

    G                     Bm
She smiled in my face and to me did say

       G                             D      Em
"Ain't you the young fella they call Rambleaway"

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I said, "Pretty Nancy, don't smile in my face

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For I do not intend to stay long in this place"

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"Oh, then where are you going? Come tell me, my dear"

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So I told her I'd ramble, the devil knows where

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When twenty-four weeks, they were over and past

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This pretty young wench, she grew thick round the waist

        G                          Bm
And her gown wouldn't pin, nor her apron strings tie

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And she longed for the sight of young Rambleaway

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So come all ye young maidens, take a warning by me

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When courting your fellow, don't be easy and free

      G                          Bm
Don't dress yourselves up and go out on the play

         G                               D      Em
For it's there you might meet with young Rambleaway

       Am
Rambleaway

         G                               D      Em    G   Am
Oh, it's there you might meet with young Rambleaway