Her Servant Man chords by Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy

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It's of a young damsel,
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both fair and handsome
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These lines are true, as I've been told
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On the banks of Shannon, in a lofty mansion,
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Her father's claimed
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crane stores of gold.
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Her hair was black as the
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raven's feather,
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Her foreman features dis
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semble who can.
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There was a fella worked
on the station,
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She fell in love with that serving man.
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As Marianne and her lover were walking
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Her father heard them and nearer drew
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And as these two lovers were truly talking
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In anger home her father flew
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To build a dungeon was his intention
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To part true lovers contrive a plan
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He swore an oath and vowed to mention
He'd part his daughter
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from her serving man
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So he built him a dungeon
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in bricks and mortar
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With a flight of steps it was underground
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The food that he gave her
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was bread and wa ter
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And only a chair for her was found
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Three times a day he cruelly beat up
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Until at length she in anger sang
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If I  have transgressed
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my own dear father
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I'll live and die for my serving man
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Young Edwin found her habitation
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Was well se cured by an iron door
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He vowed in spite of all damnation
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He'd gain her freedom or rest no more
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At the party he soon got ready
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With pick and crowbar he  soon began
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Van Leeuwen's plan he
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got in the dungeon
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There he  found his sweet Mary Anne
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Soon as he found that his
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daughter had vanished,
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Just like a lion her father wore,
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He cried from Ireland,
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I'll have you banished,
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And with my broad sword
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I'll spill your gore.
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Then says young Edwin, you see me ready,
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For now I've found to
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do  all you can,
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Forgive your daughter
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with a loyal pleasure,
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The one to play is your serving man.
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When the old man saw her so
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tender -hearted,
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Straightly fell down on
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the dungeon floor,
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Cried surely to love, the love of locksmiths,
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For love can bring down an iron door.
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