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Paul Brady does this in G, but Nate plays in D (in C, capo 2)
C6sus4 x3321x
Mary and the Soldier
by Paul Brady
Come [C] all you [C6sus4] lads of high [G] renown
That will [C] hear of a [G7] fair young [C] maiden
And [C] she roved [F] out on a [C] summer's day
For to [C] view the [G7] soldiers [C] parading
They [C] march so bold and they [F] look so [C] gay [G7],
The [Am] colours flyin' and the [F] bands did [G7] play (pause)
And it [C] caused young [Am] Mary [F] for to [G7] say,
I'll [C] wed you me [G7] gallant [C] soldier"
She viewed the soldiers on parade
And as they stood at their leisure
Young Mary to herself did say:
"At last I found my treasure
But oh how cruel my parents must be
To banish my darlin' so far from me
Well I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee
Me bold undoubted soldier"
"Oh Mary dear, your parents' love,
I pray don't be unruly
For when you're in a foreign land,
Believe me you'll rue it surely
Perhaps in battle I might fall
From a shot from an angry cannonball
And you so far from your daddy's hall
Be advised by a gallant soldier."
"Oh I have fifty guineas in my coat,
Likewise a heart that's bolder
And I'd leave them all and I'd go with you
Me bold undaunted soldier
So don't say no but let me go
And I will face the daring foe
And we'll march together to and fro
And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier"
And when he saw her loyalty
And Mary so true-hearted
He said: "Me darling, married we'll be,
And nothing but death will part us
And when we're in a foreign land
I'll guard you, darling, with my right hand
And hopes that God might stand a friend
To Mary and her gallant soldier"
That will [C] hear of a [G7] fair young [C] maiden
And [C] she roved [F] out on a [C] summer's day
For to [C] view the [G7] soldiers [C] parading
They [C] march so bold and they [F] look so [C] gay [G7],
The [Am] colours flyin' and the [F] bands did [G7] play (pause)
And it [C] caused young [Am] Mary [F] for to [G7] say,
I'll [C] wed you me [G7] gallant [C] soldier"
She viewed the soldiers on parade
And as they stood at their leisure
Young Mary to herself did say:
"At last I found my treasure
But oh how cruel my parents must be
To banish my darlin' so far from me
Well I'll leave them all and I'll go with thee
Me bold undoubted soldier"
"Oh Mary dear, your parents' love,
I pray don't be unruly
For when you're in a foreign land,
Believe me you'll rue it surely
Perhaps in battle I might fall
From a shot from an angry cannonball
And you so far from your daddy's hall
Be advised by a gallant soldier."
"Oh I have fifty guineas in my coat,
Likewise a heart that's bolder
And I'd leave them all and I'd go with you
Me bold undaunted soldier
So don't say no but let me go
And I will face the daring foe
And we'll march together to and fro
And I'll wed you, my gallant soldier"
And when he saw her loyalty
And Mary so true-hearted
He said: "Me darling, married we'll be,
And nothing but death will part us
And when we're in a foreign land
I'll guard you, darling, with my right hand
And hopes that God might stand a friend
To Mary and her gallant soldier"