Steeleye Span – Padstow (Guitar)

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[Intro] F [Verse]
F
Unite and unite, and let us all unite

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

    F
And whither we are going, we all will unite

       C                F
In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
F
The young men of Padstow, they might if they would

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

     F
They might have built a ship and gilded it with gold

       C                F
In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
F
The young women of Padstow, they might if they would

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

     F
They might have built a garland with the white rose and the red

       C                F
In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
F
Rise up, Mrs. Johnson, all in your gown of green

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

    F
You are as fine a lady as waits upon the queen

       C                F
In the merry morning of May
[Verse] N.C. Oh, where is King George? Oh, where is he-o? N.C. He's out in his longboat, all on the salt sea-o N.C. Up flies the kite, down falls the lark-o N.C. Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old ewe
                               F
And she died in her own park-o
[Verse]
F
With the merry ring and with the joyful spring

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

    F
How happy are the little birds and the merrier we shall sing

       C                F
In the merry morning of May
[Verse]
F
Oh, where are the young men that now do advance?

                         C
For summer is a-coming today

    F
Oh, some they are in England and some they are in France

       C                F
In the merry morning of May