Steeleye Span – Mantle Of Green (Guitar)
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[Intro]
E A B F# E A B
[Verse]
E A B As I was a-walking one morning in June A E F#m To view the gay fields and the meadows in bloom B A B E I spied a young female, she appeared like some queen A E B E With her costly fine robes round her mantle of green
[Verse]
A B He said, “Lovely fair maid, if you will agree A E F#m Then we'll join in wedlock and married we'll be B A B E I'll dress you in riches, you'll appear like some queen A E B E With your costly fine robes round your mantle of green”
[Verse]
A B She quickly made answer, “May you be excused A E F#m For I'll wed with no man, you must be refused B A B E To the greenwoods I'll wander and shun all men too A E B E For the lad that I love fell at famed Waterloo”
[Instrumental]
E A B F# E A B
[Verse]
E A B “If you will not marry, tell me your love's name A E F#m For I've been a soldier, and might know the same” B A B E “Draw near to my garment and soon you will see A E B E His name I've embroidered on my mantle of green”
[Verse]
A B Enrising of her mantle, it's there I behold A E F#m His name and his surname in letters of gold B A B E Young William O'Reilly it appeared to my view A E B E I cried, “He was my comrade at famed Waterloo”
[Instrumental]
E A B A E F#m
B A B E A E B E
E A B F# E A B
[Verse]
E A B Now when that she heard it, the paler she grew A E F#m She fell in his arms with her heart full of woe B A B E “Your heart I have wounded, the truth I declare A E B E Here is your love's token, the gold ring I do wear”
[Verse]
A B “In your father's garden, beneath a green tree A E F#m We pledged our true love and long we'd agree” B A B E This couple got married, I've heard people say A E B E She wore a mantle of green on their wedding day
[Outro]
E A B F# E A B