Blacksmith Cifras

C                    F
A blacksmith courted me
C               G  C
Nine months and better
   F
He fairly won my heart
      C
Wrote me a letter
         F
With his hammer in his hand
   C
He looked quite clever
             F
And if I was with my love
C        G   C
I'd live forever.
 
C               F
But where is my love gone
         C           G  C
With his cheeks like roses
         F
And his good black billycock on
       C
Decked round with primroses
      F
I'm afraid the scorching sun
     C
Will shine and burn his beauty
              F
And if I was with my love
C         G C
I'd do my duty.
 
C               F
Strange news is come to town
C               G   C
Strange news is carried
        F
Strange news flies up and down
        C
That my love is married.
  F
I wish them both much joy
       C
Though they can't hear me
              F
And may God reward him well
         C        G  C
For the slighting of me.
 
            F
Don't you remember when
C          G   C
You lay beside me
        F
And you said you'd marry me
    C
And not deny me
     F
If I said I'd marry you
       C
It was only for to try you
              F
So bring your witness love
         C     G  C
And I'll not deny you.
 
C          F
No witness have I none
C          G   C
Save God Almighty
        F
And may he reward you well
        C
For the slighting of me.
     F
Her lips grew pale and wan
    C
It made a poor heart tremble
   C         F
To think she loved a one
       C         G  C
And he proved deceitful.
 
C                    F
A blacksmith courted me
     C          G  C
Nine months and better
   F
He fairly won my heart
      C
Wrote me a letter
         F
With his hammer in his hand
   C
He looked quite clever
             F
And if I was with my love
    C       G C
I'd live forever.
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