Chords for Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - Michael Kelly - (period trad)

_ _ _ _ _ _ Come, _ _ _ _ _ all ye fair [Bb] and tender _ girls, _ _ _
[Eb] That [Bb] flourish in [Cm] your _ prime,
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Beware, [Bb]
beware, [G] keep your garden [Gm] free, _ _ [G] Let no man [Bb] steal [Gm] your _ time,
_ Let no man steal [Cm] your time, _ _ _ _ For when your [Bb] time is past and gone, _
_ _ He'll care no more for [Cm] you, _ _ _ _ And [Eb] every place where your [Gm] time was _ waste,
[G] Will all [Bb] spread [Eb] or [Gm] withdrew, _ _ _ Will all spread or [Cm] _ withdrew, _ _ _ _
_ For woman [Bb] is a branching tree, _ _ _ [Eb] And [Bb] man a clinging [Cm] _ vine, _ _ _
_ [Eb] And from [Bb] her [G] branches _ carelessly, [Gm] _ _ He'll [Bb] take what he [Gm] can _ find,
_ He'll take what he [Cm] can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ find, The gardener's son [Bb] was standing by,
_ _ Three [Eb] _ [Bb] flowers he [Cm] gave to me, _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] The [Bb] pink, the blue, and the [Gm] violet,
And _ the [G] red, [Bb] red rosy [Gm] tree, _ _ The [G] red, red [Cm] rosy tree,
_ _ _ _ But I refused [Bb] the red rose _ bush, _ And came the [Cm] willow tree,
_ _ _ _ [Eb] That [Bb] all the world may [Gm] plainly see, _ How [Bb] my love slighted [Gm] me,
_ _ How [G] my love [Gm] _
[Cm] slighted _ me, _ _ _ _
Come, all ye fair [Bb] and tender [Bb] girls, _ _ That flourish in [Cm] your _ prime, _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] Beware, beware, keep your [Gm] garden free, _ Let no [Bb] man steal [Gm] your _ time,
_ [G] Let no man [Gm] steal your [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
time, But I refused [Bb] the red rose bush,
[Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] And came [Bb] the [Cm] willow tree, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] That all [Bb] the world [G] may [Gm] plainly see,
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