Chords for Battlefield Band - The Lady Leroy (Escocia)

_ As [Gm] I _ [F] was a-walkin' [Eb] one mornin' [Gm] in [G] _ May
_ Viewin' [Fm] wild flowers, [Gm]
all nature seemed [D] gay
I [Bb]
spied a young [F] couple on [Eb] _
Aaron's [D] green shore
_ _ They were [Gm] viewin' [F] the ocean [Eb] where the wild [F] _ [Gm] billows _ _ roar
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He sent [F] pretty Polly, er [Eb] the girl [F] I [Gm] adore
To be parted [Dm] from you, well it's [G] grieves me heart [D]
sore
[Bb] Your [F] parents are rich, [Eb] love, and angry [D] with _ me _
_ [G] And if I [F] tarry with you [Eb] I ruined [Gm] I will be _ _
[G] So she dressed [D] [F] herself up [D] in [Eb] a suit [Fm] of [Gm] men's _ clothes
And to [F] her _ alfathorn [G] she immediately [D] _ goes
[Bb] She [D] purchased [F] a ship [D] and [Ebm] laid down the [D] demand _
_ _ It [G] was [D] little [F] he knew, it was [Eb] from his [F] own [Gm] daughter's hand
_ She went back to [F] her true [Dm] love [Eb] and this [F] she didn't [Gm] say
Hurry up [F] lovely Johnny, [Em] we've no time to [D] stay
[Bb] They hoist in [F] their top [D] [Eb] sails in her [D] adored joy
_ _ And [G] _
away [F] on the ocean [Eb] sailed the [Gm] lady Leroy
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] When her father found [F] out how he [Eb] cursed [Fm] and did [Gm] swear _
He sent for his [F] captain [G] and a baddened [D] prepare
Go [Bb] seek them and [F] find them [Eb] and their [D] lives destroy
_ _ _ For [G] they ne'er will [F] enjoy my [Cm] bold lady _ [G]
Leroy
_ _ This _ captain was [F] pleased with his [Eb] _ [Fm] orders [G] to go
To seek them and [F] find them [G] like some wondered [D] and foe
[Bb]
Despite a [F] fair vessel [Eb] with colours less [D] fly
_ _ _ [Gm] He hailed her and [F] found she was [Eb] the lady [Bb] _ [Gm] Leroy
_ _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] his badden _ returned to old Ireland once _ more
_ _ Our broad side and broad side upon them would pour
_ _ _ This brave Irish hero has made this reply
_ _ _ We will never _ surrender, we will conquer or die
_ _ _ [Gm] Then its broad side [F] and broad side [Gm] on each other did pour
_ And louder [F] and louder [Gm] the cannons [D] did roar
[Bb] This brave Irish [Dm] hero [Eb] has gained _ [D] victory
_ _ _ _ [Gm]
Hurrah for [F] true lovers, [Eb] they'll always run free
_ _ And _
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_ _ _ _ _ they landed in Boston, [Cm] that city [G] of fame
Of the other ship's commander I'll mention [D] no name
[Bb] Here's a helms to [Dm] pretty Polly, [Eb] how may she [D] enjoy
_ _ _ [G] Our proudest [F] of _ lovers and [Eb] the lady [Gm] Leroy
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