Banks Of The Nile chords by
Ewan Maccoll

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Key: C minor•

Verse 1

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Hark, hark, the drums do beat,

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my love, and I must haste away.

The bugle's sweetly sound,

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and no longer can I stay.

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We are called up to Portsmouth,

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and it's many a weary mile,

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All for to be embarked for the

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banks o 'er the Nile.

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Oh, Willie, dearest Willie,

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don't leave me here to mourn.

Don't leave me here to curse the

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day that ever I was born.

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For partin' with me, Willie,

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is like partin' with me life

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Oh, stay at home, dear Wil lie,

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and make me a lawful wife

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I'll put on me velveteens

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and go along with you

I'll volunteer me services

and go to Egypt too

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I'll fight beneath your banner,

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love, and fortune it may smile

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And I'll be your loyal com rade

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on the banks of the Nile

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Oh, Nancy, dearest Nancy,

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Oh, that would never do.

The government has ordered

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No women there to go.

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The government has ordered,

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the king he doth command,

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And I am bound on oath, my love,

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to serve on a foreign land.

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Your waist is rather slender,

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your com plexion is too fine,

Your constitution is too weak

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to stand a hot campaign.

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The sultry sons of Egypt,

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your precious health would spoil

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And the sandy desert places

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on the banks o 'er the Nile

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O cursed, cursed be the day

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that e 'er the wars began

For they've ta 'en out of Scotland

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many a bonny man

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They've ta 'en free as

our lifeguards,

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protectors o 'er Isle

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And their bodies feed the worms

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on the banks o 'er the Nile

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