pretty saro Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]Whe[G]n I[C] fi[F]rst[C]
come to this coun[G]try
in [C]Eighteen and Forty- nine
I saw many fair lov[G]ers
but I [C]never saw [G]mine
I viewed it [C]all around [G]me
saw [C]I was quite alone
and [G]me a poor [C]stranger
and a long [F]way from [C]home

[Verse 2]
Well, my true love she won’t have [G]me
and [C]it’s this I [F]under[C]stand
For she wants some free hold[G]er
[C]and I have no [G]land
[C]I couldn’t maintain h[G]er
on [C]silver and gold
but [G]all of the other fine [C]things
[F]that my love’s house [C]could hold

[Verse 3]
Fare thee well to ol’[G]mother
fare [F]thee well to my father [C]too
I am going for [G]to ramble
[C]this wide world all [G]through
And when [C]I get w[G]eary
[F]I’ll sit down and [C]cry
and [G]think of my [C]Saro
pretty [F]Saro, my [C]bride

[Verse 4]
Well, I wished [C]I was a turtle d[G]ove
Had [C]wings [F]and could [C]fly
Far away to my lover’s lodgings
[G]Tonig[C]ht I’d drawn the lin[G]e
And there in her [C]lilywhite [G]arms
[C]I’d lay there all night
and [G]watch through [C]them little wind’ers
for the [F]dawning of day