The Kingston Trio – Mary Mild (Guitar)

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[Intro] D [Verse 1]
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As it fell out on a cold Winter day

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The drops of rain did fall

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Our savior asked leave of his mother Mary

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If he might go play at ball
[Bridge 1]
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"Go up the hill,"

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His mother said

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"And there you will find

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"Three jolly children,

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"But let me hear no complaint of you

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"When you come home again"
[Verse 2]
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But the children said, "We are royal son,

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"And we will not play at ball.

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"For you are but a poor maid's child

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"Born in an oxen stall."
[Instrumetal] D G D A D [Verse 3]
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"If you are lords' and ladies' sons

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"And you will not play at ball

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"I'll build you a bridge of the beams of the sun

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"To play upon us all"
[Bridge 2]
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And he built them a bridge of the beams of the sun

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And over the pools they played all three

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And the mother's called, "Mary,

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"Call home your child,

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'Ere ours all drownéd be"
[Chorus]
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Mary mild, (Mary mild), (Mary mild),

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Mary mild, (Mary mild)

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Called home her child

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And when she asked him, why said he:
[Verse 4]
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"Oh, I built them a bridge of the beams of the sun,

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"So they would play at ball with me

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"So they would play with me."
[Outro] D G D A D A D