Jamie

[Verso 1] Ab Bb And Jamie he had made a vow Ab Bb And keep it well if he may Ab Bb That he would be in merry London Ab Bb On St. Jamess Day Eb Ab On Saint Jamess Day at noon Eb Bb In London I will be Eb Ab And all the lords in merry Scotland Fm Cm There should ride with me" [Verso 2] Ab Bb Then up spoke Queen Margaret Ab Bb The tears fell from her eye Ab Bb Leave off these wars, O noble king Ab Bb And keep your fidelity Eb Ab For the water's wide and it's wondrous deep Eb Bb From the bottom unto the brim Eb Ab Me brother Henry has men good enough Fm Cm England is hard to win [Verso 3] Ab Bb Away, away, this silly fool Ab Bb In prison let her lie Ab Bb For she is of the English blood Ab Bb And for these words she will die! Eb Ab Then up spoke Lord Thomas Howard Eb Bb Queen chamberlain that day Eb Ab Saying If you kill Queen Margaret Fm Cm Scotland'll rue it alway [Verso 4] Ab Bb Jamie, all in a rage Ab Bb Said Away, this silly mome Ab Bb One shall be hanged and the other burned Ab Bb When I return anon Eb Ab At Flodden Field the Scots came in Eb Bb Which made our Englishmen fain Eb Ab At Branxton Green the battle was seen Fm Cm And there was Jamie slain [Verso 5] Ab Bb And presently the Scots did fly Ab Bb Their cannon they left behind Ab Bb Their banners gay were all run away Ab Bb Our soldiers beat them blind Eb Ab For to tell you plain, twelve thousand were slain Eb Bb And that's how the fight did stand Eb Ab And many was a prisoner took that day Fm Cm The best in all Scotland [Verso 6] Ab Bb That day left many a fatherless child Ab Bb And many the widow poor Ab Bb And many the Scottish gay lady Ab Bb Sat weeping all in her bower Eb Ab But Jack with a feather was wrapped all in leather Eb Bb For his boasting was all in vain Eb Ab But he had such a chance with a new Morris dance Fm Cm But he never came home again [Verso 7] Ab Bb And Jamie he had made a vow Ab Bb And keep it well if he may Ab Bb That he would be in merry London Ab Bb On St. Jamess Day