Kate Rusby – As I Roved Out (Guitar)

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As I roved out one fine May morning

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To view the meadows and flowers gay

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Oh, who should I spot, but my own true lover

   C          G   D
As she sat by yon willow tree

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I took off my hat and I did salute her

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I did salute her most courageously

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As she turned around, the tears fell from her

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Saying, "False young man, you've deluded me

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And the diamond ring I behold, I gave to you

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A diamond ring to wear on your right hand

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But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them

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And you wed the lassie who has the land."

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"If I wed the lassie who has the land, my love,

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It's that I'll rue 'til the day I die.

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When misfortune falls, sure the man may shun it,

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It was my fault, that I'll not deny"

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"And at night when I go to my bed of slumber

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The thoughts of my love are in my mind.

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As I turn around to embrace my darling,

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Oh, instead of gold, sure 'tis brass I will find

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And I wish The Queen would bring home all her armies

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From the West Indies, America and Spain.

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And every man to his wedded woman

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Oh, in hopes that I might be with thee again"