Key: C# minor
Verse 1
Dm
F
"Oh Polly love, oh Polly,
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Gm
Dm
the rout has now begun,
F
Bb
And we must go a- marching to
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Gm
Dm
the beating of the drum.
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Bb
Go dress yourself all in your best
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C
and come along with me;
Dm
F
I'll take you to the war, my love,
C
Dm
in High Germany."
Verse 2
Dm
F
"Oh Willy love, oh Willy,
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Gm
Dm
come list what I do say,
F
My feet they are so tender
Bb
F
Gm
Dm
, I cannot march away.
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Bb
And besides, my dearest Willy,
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C
I am with child by thee,
Dm
F
Not fit ted for the war,
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Dm
my love, in High Germany."
Verse 3
F
"I'll buy for you a horse, my love,
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Gm
Dm
and on it you shall ride
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Bb
And all my delight shall be a-
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Gm
Dm
riding by your side.
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Bb
We'll stop at every alehouse and
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C
drink when we are dry,
Dm
F
We'll be true to one another,
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Gm
Dm
get married by and by."
F
Oh, cursed be them cruel wars that
Verse 4
C
Dm
ever they should rise
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Bb
And out of Merry England press
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Gm
Dm
many a man likewise.
F
They pressed my true love from
Bb
F
C
me, likewise my brothers three,
Dm
F
And sen t them to the war,
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Dm
my love, in High Germany.
Verse 5
Dm
F
My friends I do not value nor
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Gm
Dm
my foes I do not fear,
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Bb
Now my love has left me I
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Gm
Dm
wander far and near.
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Bb
And when my baby it is born and
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C
a- smiling on my knee
Dm
F
C
Dm
I'll think on lovely Willy in High Germany.
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C
Dm
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Bb
F
Gm
Dm
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Bb
(repeat first verse)
F
C
Dm
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C
Dm
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