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Roud Folk Song Index #386
This is the traditional song You Rambling Boys of Pleasure
This is the traditional song You Rambling Boys of Pleasure
capo 2, after Andy Irvine. The timing on this one can be pretty tricky.
I Wish I Was in Belfast Town
by trad
[G] You rambling boys of [C] plea- [G] sure
[C][D] Give ear unto these [C] lines I [G] write
[C][D] I own I [Em] am a [D] ro- [C] ver
In [C] rambling [G] I take [D] great de- [C] light
[D] I cast my [Em] mind on a [D] handsome [C] girl
And [C] often [G] times she [D] does me [C] slight
[G] My mind is never [C] ea- [G] sy
[C][D] 'cept when my true love is [C] in my [G] sight.
[G] Down by yon flowery [C] gar- [G] dens
[C][D] Where me and my true [C] love do [G] meet
[C][D] I took her [Em] in my [D] a- [C] rms
[C] And unto [G] her gave [D] kisses [C] sweet
[D] She bade me [Em] take love [D] ea- [C] sy
[C] Just as the [G] leaves fall [D] from the [C] tree
[G] But I being young and [C] fool- [G] ish
[C][D] With my true love I did [C] not [G] agree.
Bridge in [C] to [G]
[G] And the second time I [C] met my [G] love
[C][D] I thought that her heart was [C] surely [G] mine
[C][D] But as the [Em] season [D] chan- [C] ges
[C] My darling [G] girl has [D] changed her [C] mind
[D] Gold is the [Em] root of [D] e- [C] vil
[C] Although it [G] bears a [D] glistening [C] hue
[G] Causes many a lad and [C] lass to [G] part
[C][D] Though their hearts like ^mine be [C] e’er so [G] true.
[G] And I wish I was in [C] Belfast [G] town
[C][D] And my true love a- [C] long with [G] me
[C][D] And [Em] money in my [D] poc- [C] ket
[C] To keep us [G] in good [D] compa- [C] ny
[D] Liquor [Em] to be [D] plen- [C] ty
A [C] flowing [G] glass on [D] every [C] side
Hard [G] fortune would ne’er [C] daunt [G] me
[C][D] For I am young and the [C] world is [G] wide.
[C][D] Give ear unto these [C] lines I [G] write
[C][D] I own I [Em] am a [D] ro- [C] ver
In [C] rambling [G] I take [D] great de- [C] light
[D] I cast my [Em] mind on a [D] handsome [C] girl
And [C] often [G] times she [D] does me [C] slight
[G] My mind is never [C] ea- [G] sy
[C][D] 'cept when my true love is [C] in my [G] sight.
[G] Down by yon flowery [C] gar- [G] dens
[C][D] Where me and my true [C] love do [G] meet
[C][D] I took her [Em] in my [D] a- [C] rms
[C] And unto [G] her gave [D] kisses [C] sweet
[D] She bade me [Em] take love [D] ea- [C] sy
[C] Just as the [G] leaves fall [D] from the [C] tree
[G] But I being young and [C] fool- [G] ish
[C][D] With my true love I did [C] not [G] agree.
Bridge in [C] to [G]
[G] And the second time I [C] met my [G] love
[C][D] I thought that her heart was [C] surely [G] mine
[C][D] But as the [Em] season [D] chan- [C] ges
[C] My darling [G] girl has [D] changed her [C] mind
[D] Gold is the [Em] root of [D] e- [C] vil
[C] Although it [G] bears a [D] glistening [C] hue
[G] Causes many a lad and [C] lass to [G] part
[C][D] Though their hearts like ^mine be [C] e’er so [G] true.
[G] And I wish I was in [C] Belfast [G] town
[C][D] And my true love a- [C] long with [G] me
[C][D] And [Em] money in my [D] poc- [C] ket
[C] To keep us [G] in good [D] compa- [C] ny
[D] Liquor [Em] to be [D] plen- [C] ty
A [C] flowing [G] glass on [D] every [C] side
Hard [G] fortune would ne’er [C] daunt [G] me
[C][D] For I am young and the [C] world is [G] wide.