Sweet Willie chords by
Jean Ritchie

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Key: F minor•

Verse 1

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Come all young girls of a tender mind,

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My story I'll tell to you,

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And listen well to my advice,

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And to my counsel true.

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As a rule the mind of a girl is weak,

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And the mind of a man is strong,

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And if you listen to what they say,

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they're sure to lead you wrong.

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When I was in my sixteenth year,

sweet Willie courted me.

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He said if I'd run away with him,

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his loving bride I'd be.

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I love my mother as my life.

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I love my father well.

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But the love I have for sweet Willie dear,

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no human tongue can tell.

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When we were far away from home,

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enjoying a happy life,

He said, go home, go home,

little girl,

for you never can be my wife.

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Oh, Willie dear, what have I done?

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What makes you treat me so?

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How can you take me from my home

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and then leave me to mourn?

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It's nature, nature, my little girl,

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I find no fault in you.

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My mind is set on rambling around,

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and now I bid you adieu.

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Abm
Gb
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Fm
Bbm
Abm
Gb
E
B
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