willie taylor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G]
Wil[D]lie Taylor

[Verse 1]
and his youthful [G]lover,
[D]Full of mirth and loyalty,
[G]The[D]y were going to the
church to [G]be married,
He was pressed and [D]sent on [G]sea.
[D]Dolly dilly

[Verse 2]
dum dilly dum dum [G]day
She [D]dressed herself

[Verse 3]
up like a sail[G]or
[D]On her breast she wore a [G]star
Her [D]lovely fingers long and [G]slender
She gave them all just [D]a smear of [G]tar.
[D]Dolly

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G]
[D]On the ship

[Verse 4]
there being a skir[G]mish
[D]She was one amongst the [G]rest
[D]A silver button flew off her [G]jacket
There appeared her [D]snow- white [G]breast.
[D]Dolly
[G]

[Verse 5]
[D]Said the captain to this [G]fair maid
[D]What misfortune has took you [G]here
[D]I'm in search of my true [G]lover,
Who you pressed on the [D]other [G]yea[D]r.

[Interlude 2]
Dolly
[G][D][G][D][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G]
If [D]you're in search

[Verse 6]
of your true [G]lover
[D]Tell me what might be his [G]name
[D]Willie Taylor's what they [G]call him,
But Fitzgerald [D]is his [G]name.
[D]Dolly
[G]

[Verse 7]
If you'll [D]get up tomorrow [G]morning
[D]Early as the break of [G]day
[D]There you'll spy your Willie [G]Taylor
Walking along with a [D]lady [G]gay.
[D]Dolly

[Interlude 3]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G]
So she [D]got

[Verse 8]
up the very next [G]morning
[D]Early as the break of [G]day
And [D]there she spied her Willie [G]Taylor
Walking along with a [D]lady [G]gay.
[D]Dolly
[G]

[Verse 9]
So she [D]pulled out a brace of pistols
[G]That she had[D] at her comman[G]d
And there she [D]shot her Willie [G]Taylor
With his bride at his right hand.
[D]Dolly

[Interlude 4]
[G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G]
When [D]the captain

[Verse 10]
came to [G]hear
[D]Of the deed that she had [G]done
[D]He made her a ship's [G]commander
Over a vessel for the Isle of Man.
Dolly
[D][G]