Misc Traditional – The Baffled Knight (Guitar)

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These are the chords I use for "The Baffled Knight" or alternatively "Blow Away the Morning Dew". This ballad was first published by Thomas Ravenscroft in 1609 in the collection Deuteromelia. Tune and/or use a capo to fit your voice. The song is Roud index 11 and Child 112, please enjoy! [Verse 1]
G                                    D              C
There was a shepherd and he did keep sheep upon the hill

G   C        D       G      C        D                G
And he would go each May morning all for to drink his fill.
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.
[Verse 2]
G                                  D              C
So he walked out upon one day, and leant upon his crook

G   C        D       G      C      D              G
And there he spied a pretty maid a washing at the brook.
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.
[Verse 3]
G                                           D             C
And then they went along the road ‘til they came into the inn.

G   C             D            G  C       D    G
And ready was the waiting maid to let the lady in.
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.
[Verse 4]
G                                           D                C
So she jumped off her milk white steed, and stepped into the inn,

G      C               D    G            C     D    G
Crying you were just a rake without, and I’m a maid within
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.
[Verse 5]
G                                        D                C
You may pull off your shoes and hose and let your feet go bare.

G   C      D      G      C         D                G
But if you meet a pretty girl, you touch her if you dare
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.
[Verse 6]
G                                     D              C
I won’t pull off my shoes or hose, or let my feet go bare

G   C    D         G   C         D           G
and if I meet with you again, be hanged if I despair
[Chorus]
G                                                    C
And it’s blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.

G                                           C
Blow the windy morning. Blow the winds high-o.

G                               D                     G    C   G
Clear away the morning dew, and sweet the winds shall blow.