Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
A
E
A
F#m
B
It was early,
E
A
early all in the spring
A
E
Changing their notes from tree to tree
A
B
And the song they sang was Old
A
E
Ireland free.
A
E
It was early early all
Verse 2
A
E
The yeoman cavalry were my downfall
F#m
A
I was taken prisoner by Lord
B
A
Cornwall.
E
A
F#m
B
Verse 3
E
B
As I was walking up
A
Wexford Street
A
E
My own first cousin did me betray
Verse 4
guinea
Bsus4
E
sold my life away.
B
E
Oh who could blame me to cry my fill?
B
E
I looked behind,
A
E
and I looked be fore
Verse 5
E
A
F#m
B
no more.
C#m
A
scaf fold high
A
E
My aged father did me deny
Verse 6
A
E
was the Croppy Boy.
It was in Dungannon this
B
E
In Passage east his body lies.
Bsus4
E
So all good people who
F#m
E
do pass by
F#m
Bsus4
B
Just shed a tear for the
Bsus4
E
A
E
Croppy Boy
A
F#m
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A F#m B Bsus4...
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