The Recruited Collier Chords

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[Verse 1]
Oh, what's [Em]the matter with you, [F#m]my lass,
and where's your dashing [Em]Jimmy?
[F#m]The soldier boys have picked hi[Bm]m up and sent him far,
[F#m]far from [G#m]me.
[F#m]Last p[Bm]ay day h[F#m]e went off to town
and them red- [Em]coated [Bm]fellows
En[Em]ticed him in and made him drunk—and he'd
be [F#m]better gone to the gal[Em]lows.
[G]The ver[Em]y sight

[Verse 2]
of his [F#m]cock ade,
it sets us all a- [Em]crying,
[G]And m[F#m]e! I nea[G]rly fainted[F#m] twice,
[Bm]I thought that I [Am]was dying.
[F#m]My father would [Bm]have paid t[F#m]he smart
and he'd run for the golden [Bm]guinea.
But the [Em]ser geant [F#m]swore he'd kissed the book,
so [E]now they've got young [Em]Jimmy.[G]
[Em]When Jimmy

[Verse 3]
talks [F#m]about the wars
it's worse [A]than death [F#m]to hear [Em]him.
[A]I must [Em]go out and [Am]hide my [Bm]tears
because I [Am]cannot bear him.
[F#m]A brig[Bm]adee[F#m]r or grenadier
he says they're [Bm]sure to make him,
But aye, he gibes [F#m]and cracks [Bm]his jokes
and [F#m]begs me not for[Em]sake [Am]him.

[Verse 4]
[Bm]As I walked o'[A]er the s[Bm]tubble field
[F#m]below it [Am]runs the [E]seam,[Bm]
[A]I thought [E]o' Jimmy hewing [F#m]there
[Em]but [Bm]it was all a[A] dream.
[Bm]He hewed [Am]the very [A]coals we [F#m]burn
and, when [Bm]the fire I's leeting.
To think [E]the lumps [Em]was in his [Bm]hands,
[A]it sets my [E]heart a- beating.
[Em]So b[F#m]reak m[Bm]y heart and then it's[A]

[Verse 5]
[Am]o'er,
[D]so bre[Bm]ak my heart, my dearie.
For I'll [Em]lie in the [F#m]cold green ground
for of single life I'm weary.