Gentleman Soldier chords by
The Dubliners
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It's of a gentlemen soldier as
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a sentry he did stand
He saluted the fair maid be
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a wavin' of the hand
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So boldly then he kissed and he
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passed it off as a joke
He drilled her up in the sentry box,
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wrapped up a the
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Soldiers coat
And the drums did go with a rat- ta- ta-
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tat and the fifes
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Did loudly play,
Fare thee well Polly me dear I
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must be going away
Verse 2
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G

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All night they tossed
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and tumbled till daylight did
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Appear
The soldier rose,
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put on his clothes, said fare thee
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Well me dear
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For the drums they are a pounding
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and the fifes did
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Sweetly play
If it weren't for that dear Polly,
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then along with you
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I'd stay
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tat and the fifes
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G

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Did loudly play,
Fare thee well Polly me dear I
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D

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must be going away
Verse 3
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Oh come you gentlemen soldier,
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"Won't you marry me?"
"Oh no me dearest,
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Polly. Such things never can be.?
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"I've a wife already and
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children I have three
Two wives are allowed in army
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but one is too many for
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Me.?
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tat and the fifes
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G

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Did loudly play,
Fare thee well Polly me dear I
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D

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G

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must be going away
Verse 4
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If anyone comes a courtin'
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you, you can treat them to a
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Glass
If anyone comes a courtin'
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you, you can say you're a
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Country lass
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You don't have to tell them that
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ever you played this
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Joke
That you were drilled in
the sentry box wrapped up in
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The soldier's cloak
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tat and the fifes
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Did loudly play,
Fare thee well Polly me dear
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I must be going away
Verse 5
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Oh come you gentlemen soldier,
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when you tell me so
Me parents will be angry when
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this they come to know
And when nine long months
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had come and past, the poor
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Girl she brought shame
She had a little militia boy
and she didn't know his
Name
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And the drums did go with a rat- ta- ta-
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Did loudly play,
Fare thee well Polly me dear
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I must be going away

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