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After the Clancy Brothers version
Chorus 2X, Last time acapella
As I Roved Out by Clancys
by trad
As [Am] I Roved out on a [Em] May morning
on a [Am] may morning right [Em] early
I [C] met me love up- [G] on the way
Oh, [Am] Lord but [Em] she was [Am] early
(Chorus:
And she sang
[C] Lithadoo, a lithadoo, a lithadoodle [G] lee
and she [C] hydle upa [G] dee and she [C] hydle on the [Em] dee
and she [Am] landy)
Her boots were black and her stockings were white
and her buckles shown like silver
she had a dark and a rolling eye
and her earrings tipped her shoulder
Chorus
What age are you me bonny me lass?
what age are you me honey?
Quite modestly she answered me
“I’ll be seventeen on Sunday”
Chorus
Where do you live me bonny me lass?
where do you live me honey?
In a wee little house at the top of the hill
and I live there with me mommy.
Chorus
If I went up to the top of the hill
when the moon was shining clearly
Would you arise to let me in
and your mommy not to hear ya?
Chorus
So I went up to the top of the hill
when the moon was shining clearly
and she arose to let me in
but her mommy chanced to her her
Chorus
She caught her by the hair of her head
and to the room she brought her
With the butt of a hazel twig
she was the well-beat daughter
Chorus
Will you marry me now, me soldier lad?
Will you marry me now or never?
Will you marry me now, me soldier lad?
Or will ye see me none forever?
Chorus
I can’t marry you me bonny me lass
I can’t marry you me honey
For I have got a wife at home
and how could I disown her?
Chorus
A pint at night is my delight
and a gallon in the morning
The old women are my heartbreak
and the young ones is me darling
on a [Am] may morning right [Em] early
I [C] met me love up- [G] on the way
Oh, [Am] Lord but [Em] she was [Am] early
(Chorus:
And she sang
[C] Lithadoo, a lithadoo, a lithadoodle [G] lee
and she [C] hydle upa [G] dee and she [C] hydle on the [Em] dee
and she [Am] landy)
Her boots were black and her stockings were white
and her buckles shown like silver
she had a dark and a rolling eye
and her earrings tipped her shoulder
Chorus
What age are you me bonny me lass?
what age are you me honey?
Quite modestly she answered me
“I’ll be seventeen on Sunday”
Chorus
Where do you live me bonny me lass?
where do you live me honey?
In a wee little house at the top of the hill
and I live there with me mommy.
Chorus
If I went up to the top of the hill
when the moon was shining clearly
Would you arise to let me in
and your mommy not to hear ya?
Chorus
So I went up to the top of the hill
when the moon was shining clearly
and she arose to let me in
but her mommy chanced to her her
Chorus
She caught her by the hair of her head
and to the room she brought her
With the butt of a hazel twig
she was the well-beat daughter
Chorus
Will you marry me now, me soldier lad?
Will you marry me now or never?
Will you marry me now, me soldier lad?
Or will ye see me none forever?
Chorus
I can’t marry you me bonny me lass
I can’t marry you me honey
For I have got a wife at home
and how could I disown her?
Chorus
A pint at night is my delight
and a gallon in the morning
The old women are my heartbreak
and the young ones is me darling