Steeleye Span – The Old Maid In The Garrett (Guitar)
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[Intro]
F Bb F Bb F Bb F
[Verse]
F I was told by my Aunt, I was told by my mother C F That going to a wedding is the makings of another Bb F Well, if this be so, then I'll go without a bidding Bb F Oh, kind Providence, won't you send me to a wedding
[Chorus]
Bb F And it's, oh, dear me Bb How will it be F If I die an old maid C F In the garret
[Verse]
F Now there's my sister Jean, she's not handsome or good looking C F Scarcely sixteen and a fella she was courting Bb F Now she's twenty-four, she's a son and a daughter Bb F Here am I, forty-four and I've never had an offer
[Chorus]
Bb F And it's, oh, dear me Bb How will it be F If I die an old maid C F In the garret
[Verse]
F I can cook and I can sew, I can keep a house right tidy C F Rise up in the morning and get the breakfast ready Bb F There's nothing in this wide world that makes my heart so cheery Bb F As a wee fat man to call me his own Deary
[Chorus]
Bb F And it's, oh, dear me Bb How will it be F If I die an old maid C F In the garret
[Instrumental]
F C F Bb F Bb F
Bb F Bb F C F Oh, dear me
[Verse]
F Oh, come landsman or come townsman, come tinker or come tailor C F Come fiddler, come dancer, come ploughman or come sailor Bb F Come rich man, come poor man, come fool or come witty Bb F Come any man at all, won't you marry out of pity?
[Chorus]
Bb F And it's, oh, dear me Bb How will it be F If I die an old maid C F In the garret
[Chorus]
Bb F And it's, oh, dear me Bb How will it be F If I die an old maid C F Dm Bb C In the garret..........