Martinmas Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
It fell [C]out [F]upon white
Mar[C]tyr [G]was time,
[C]snow [F]lay on the bor[C]der.
There came [F]a troop of [C]soldier[G]s here
To take up [C]their [G]winter quarters
And [C]they [F]rode high and [C]they rode [G]north
And [C]they [F]rode o 'er the bor[C]der
And there [F]they met with a [C]nice [G]little girl
She was a farmer's daughter
Bits me [F]right,
ba dee da dee da [Dm]da dee [G]dum
Bits me [F]right, ba dee da dee da dee [G]dum
But they [C]made [F]her swear a sol[C]emn [G]oath
I [C]saw [F]a tear in her [C]eye, oh
She would come [Dm]to th[F]e quarter gates
[G]But no [F]one[C] wou[G]ld her spy
But [C]she's gone to [F]the [C]barbersho[G]p,
to the [C]barber[F]shop well [C]soon, oh
She's bathed [F]and cut off
her [C]long [G]yellow hair,
as short as any dragoon
And [C]she's [F]gone to the [C]tailor [G]shop,
[C]dressed [F]in soldier's [C]clothes, oh
Put two loud [Dm]pis tols [F]down by your s[G]ide
And write, little boy, a shield
Make me [F]rifle,
dee -dee -dee -dee -dee -dee [G]-dee -do
Make me [F]rifle, dee -dee -dee -dee -dee -dee
[G]-do[C][F][C][G][C][F][C][F][C][G]
And [C]she's gone to [Dm]the [F]quarter [G]-gates
And [C]loudly [F]she does [C]call,
There comes [F]a troop of [C]soldiers [G]here
We must have lodgings, oh, no
And the [C]quarter[F]master, he [C]comes [G]down
He [C]gives [F]her half a [C]crown, oh
Find [Dm]your lodging[F]s in the town
[G]Tonight the[C]re is [G]no room
Let me [C]rise, my lady, [F]this I [G]will do
Let me [C]rise, [F]lady, this I [G]will do
So she [C]moved [Dm]closer [F]to the [G]gate,
[C]louder [F]she does [C]call on
Room, [Dm]room, [F]you gentlemen,
[G]we must hav[C]e lod[G]gings all
And the [C]quarter[F]master, he [C]comes [G]down,
he [C]gives [F]their eighteen [C]pence, oh
Go find your [F]lodging[C]s in the t[G]own,
tonight here comes a wild show
[F]With me right,
oh -de -do -de -do [Dm]-di -[G]do -do
With me [F]right, oh -de -do -de -do -di -do [G]-do[C]
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So she [C]took the [F]pistol from [C]her [G]side
She [C]blew [F]it loud and [C]shrill, though
You're all very [Dm]free [F]with your 18 [G]pence
Ah, you're not foreign girl at all
And she [Am]took the garter from [Em]her knee
An[Dm]d the ribbon from her ha[F]ir
[C]Oh, she tied around [Dm]the [F]quarter -gates
[G]A tok[C]en that she[G]'d been there
And when [C]they [F]thought that [C]it was [G]her
They [C]tried [F]to have [C]her taken
She sloughed her spurs
[Dm]to a h[F]orse's s[G]ide,

[Outro 1]
She galloped home a maiden.
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