Rambleaway Chords

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[Verse 1]
Now [F#m]as I was a[D] -walkin'
[F#m]to Nottingham Fair,
Top hat and silk jacket
I had daunted to [D]wear,
[G]It was enough to entice [Bm]all the ladies [G]that day,
[Bm]When they cast their sweet eyes
on [F#]young Ramboll [G]away.[F#m]
[D]Now the [G]very first step that I took to the fair,
I saw pretty Nancy comb[Gm]ing her hair,
I [G]tipped her the [Bm]wink
and she rolled her black [G]eye,
[Bm]Think I to me[G]self I'll be
[F#m]there by and [G]by.
[D]Now the [F#m]very first [G]step
that I [F#]took in the dark,
[F#m]I went [G]to her house where
I shone as a spark.
She came to her window
and these words she did [D]say,
[Bm]Are you gone the young [B]man
they call Ram[F#]blin' [F#m]Wife.[G]
[D]When [F#m]twenty -four [G]weeks
they were over [F#m]and past,
[F#]His pretty [F#m]fair damsel did stick and at l[G]ast,
Her stays would not last,
nor [Bm]her apron strings stay,
[D]It was all [Bm]through the love
of young [F#]Rambl -a -Way.
My father and mother,
from home they are [F#m]gone,
[F#]And when they return I
[G]will sing them a song,
I'll [F#m]sing t[G]hem a song
[Bm]and I'll leave them to say
[F#]I like your [Bm]be ing playing
[F#]with Ramblin' Wipe.
[Bm]So come all you young [F#]girls,
it's [F#m]wherever you [F#]be.
Whilst courting [G]young fellows,
[F#]don't make yourself free.
[G]For if you do so,[D] you'll rue the[G] sad day[Bm]
when you meet with the likes
of young Ram[F#]blin' Wipe.
When eight [Bm]months were over
and nine [F#m]months had come,
This pretty young [G]damsel
brought forth a fine son.
She [G]kissed him, she cuddled him,
and these [Bm]words she [G]did say,
[Bm]The name of your father
[G]was Ram[F#m]bo the White. you