D G A7 D Come all you lads and lassies and listen to me a whileD Bm G A7 I'll sing to you a verse or two that's sure to make you smileD Bm G A7 Concerning a young man I am going to tell you nowD G A7 D Who has lately come a courting the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe.D G A7 D This young man says "My pretty maid, will you come along with me?D Bm G A7 We'll both fly off together and happy we will beD Bm G A7 We'll join our hands in wedlock bands as I'm speaking with ya nowD G A7 D And I'll do me best endeavour for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe."D G A7 D This fair and fickle young thing she knew not what to sayD Bm G A7 Her eyes did shine like diamonds bright and merrily did playD Bm G A7 She says "Young man, your love subdue, for I'm not ready nowD G A7 D And I'll spend another season at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe."D G A7 D The young man said "My pretty maid, how can you answer so?D Bm G A7 See down in yonder valley where my crops do gently growD Bm G A7 Down in yonder valley I have horses, men and ploughD G A7 D And they're at their daily labor for the maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe."D G A7 D "If they're at their daily labor, kind sir, 'tis not for meD Bm G A7 I've heard of your behavior, I have indeed", says sheD Bm G A7 "There is an inn where you call in and I've heard the people sayD G A7 That you rap and you call and you pay for all and come home at the break ofD day."D G A7 D "If I rap and I call and I pay for all, me money is all me ownD Bm G A7 I'll never spend your fortune for I hear that you've got noneD Bm G A7 You thought you had me poor heart won by meeting with ya nowD G A7 D But I'll leave ya where I found ya at the foot of the Sweet Brown Knowe."
The Maid Of The Sweet Brown Knowe
The Dubliners
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