Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
When I was eighteen years of age
G
C
Into the army I did engage
C7
F
C
I left my home with a good intent
G
C
For to join the forty-second regiment
Verse 2
C
F
While I was posted on guard one day
G
C
Some soldiers' children came out to play
C7
F
C
From the officers' quarters my captain came
G
C
And he ordered me for to take their names
Verse 3
C
F
I took one name instead of three
G
C
On neglect of duty they then charged me
C7
F
C
I was confined to barracks with loss of pay
G
C
For doing my duty the opposite way
Verse 4
C
F
A loaded rifle I did prepare
C7
F
C
It was my captain I meant to kill
G
C
But I shot my colonel against my will
Verse 5
C
F
At Liverpool Assizes my trial I stood
G
C
And I held my courage as best I could
F
C
Now, McCafferty
G
C
Go prepare your soul for eternity
Verse 6
C
F
I had no father to take my part
G
C
No loving mother to break her heart
C7
F
C
I had one friend and a girl was she
G
C
Who'd lay down her life for McCafferty
Verse 7
C
F
So come all you officers take advice from me
G
C
And go treat your men with some decency
C7
F
C
For it's only lies and a tyranny
G
C
That have made a murderer of McCafferty
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G C7
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