E              A
Will you marry me sir
Oh tether me down
             E       B
For I am too free
         A            E         B
Will you walk hand in hand with me
         A                E
For I do carry a child by thee

[Verse 2]
E                  A
Oh madam, I'll not marry thee
A
For I'm married away
                E   B
And I'll always be
         A            E
I'll not walk hand in hand with thee
     A                        E
Even though you've a child by me

[Verse 3]
   E         A   
Oh sir, heartbroken I'll be
A                 
Is she finer than I
                E      B
Is she tall and lean
           A             E    B
Is she the rarest you've ever seen
        A                    E
Of your own heart is she the queen

[Verse 4]
   E            A
Oh madam, she's twenty of thee
A
She's tall and she's lean
                  E    B
How she smiles on me
          A           E     B
She's the rarest, she is my queen           
           A                    E
I'll never care for a girl like thee

[Verse 5]
   E         A
Oh sir, than shamed am I
A
I'll run to the fields
                    E   B
And it's there I'll die
            A           E         B
There God's Angels will around me fly
              A                     E
There they'll care for my child and I