The Queen Of The May chords by Bryony Griffith

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When the winter is gone
and the summer is come
And the meadows are pleasant and gay
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The lark in the morning
so sweetly does sing
And the small birds on every spray
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Young Johnny the bar boy,
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as fresh as the rose,
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he cheerfully sings at  his plough
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While the blackbird and thrush
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sing on  every green tree
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And the dairymaid's milking her cow
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And the dairymaid's milking her cow
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As I  walked through the fields
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to take in the air
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And the flowers   were blooming and gay
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I heard her young dam sel
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so sweetly did sing,
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her cheeks like the blossoms in May
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I said, pretty maiden,
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why do you come here in the meadows this morning so soon?
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The maiden replied,
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for to gather some may,
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For the trees they are all in full bloom,
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For the trees they are all in full bloom.
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I said, maiden,
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shall I go with you
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Through the meadows to
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gather some main?
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But the maiden replied, oh,
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I  must be excused
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For I  fear you will lead me astray
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Then I   took this fair maid
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by the lily -white hand
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On the green mossy banks we sat down
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And   I planted a  kiss
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on her sweet ruby lips
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And the small birds were singing around
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And the small birds were singing around
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So when we arose from the green
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mossy banks
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Through the meadows we wandered our way
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I placed my true love on
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a  primrose bank
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And I plucked her a handful of may
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And   when we re turned
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she gave me a   smile
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And   thanked me for what I had done
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And   I placed a small sprig
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in her snowy   white breast
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And believe me, then,
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there grew a thorn
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And be lieve me, then,
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there grew a thorn
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Then early next  morning
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I made am I  bright
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That the world might have nothing to say
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And the bells they did ring,
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and the bridesmaids did sing,
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And we crowned
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her the Queen of the May.
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And we crowned her the
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Queen of the May.
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