Key: C minor•
Verse 1
Cm
Bb
Hark, hark, the drums do beat,
Gm
Cm
my love, and I must haste away.
The bugle's sweetly sound,
Gm
Cm
We are called up to Portsmouth,
Gm
Cm
Bb
Gm
All for to be embarked for the
Gm
Cm
don't leave me here to mourn.
Don't leave me here to curse the
Gm
Cm
For partin' with me, Willie,
Bb
Gm
is like partin' with me life
Cm
Bb
Oh, stay at home, dear Wil lie,
Gm
Cm
and make me a lawful wife
Cm
Gm
Cm
and go along with you
I'll volunteer me services
and go to Egypt too
Bb
Gm
Cm
I'll fight beneath your banner,
Gm
Cm
Bb
And I'll be your loyal com rade
Gm
Cm
Bb
Cm
on the banks of the Nile
Gm
Cm
Gm
Cm
Oh, that would never do.
The government has ordered
Bb
Cm
The government has ordered,
Gm
Bb
Gm
the king he doth command,
Cm
Bb
Gm
And I am bound on oath, my love,
Bb
Cm
to serve on a foreign land.
Ab
Eb
Your waist is rather slender,
Cm
Bb
Cm
your com plexion is too fine,
Your constitution is too weak
Gm
Cm
The sultry sons of Egypt,
Cm
Bb
Gm
And the sandy desert places
Bb
Gm
Cm
on the banks o 'er the Nile
Gm
Bb
Cm
that e 'er the wars began
For they've ta 'en out of Scotland
our lifeguards,
Cm
Bb
And their bodies feed the worms
Gm
Cm
on the banks o 'er the Nile
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsCm Bb Gm Ab Eb
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