On A Bright May Morning

Intro Am Dm F G C F C Dm G F G Dm F G Verse Dm F G C As I roved out on a bright May morning F C Dm G To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay F G Dm Whom should I spy but my own true lover F G As she sat under yon willow tree Verse Dm F G C I took off my hat and I did salute her F C Dm G Oh, I did salute her most courageously F G Dm When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her F G Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me" Verse Dm F G C "And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you F Am Dm G A hard diamond ring to wear on your right hand F G Dm But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them F G And married the lassie that had the land" Verse Dm F G C "If I married the lassie that had the land, my love F C Dm G It's that I'll rue till the day I die F G Dm When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it F G I was blindfolded, I'll ne'er deny" Instrumental Dm F G C F C Dm G F G Dm F G Verse Dm F G C Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber F C Dm G My thoughts of my true love, run in my mind F G Dm When I turned around to embrace my darling F G Instead of gold, sure it's brass I find Verse Dm F G C And I wish the Queen would call home her army F Am Dm G From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain F G Dm And every man to his wedded woman F G In hopes that you and I will meet again Outro Am Dm F G C F C Dm G F G Dm F G