The White Cockade chords by The Watersons

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Verse 1
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Tis true, my love's enlisted,
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And he wears a white cockade.
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He is a   handsome young lad,
Like wiser
Robin
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Blade.
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He is a handsome young lad,
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Just right to serve a king.
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O my very,
O my very,
O my very,
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O my very heart is breaking,
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all for the loss of him.
As I roamed out one morning,
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as I wandered over
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Yanmas, I had no  thoughts of
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listing till a  soldier did me cross.
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He kindly did invite me
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to take a flowing moat.
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He advanced, he advanced,
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he advanced, he advanced
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Me the money to give him the crown.
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My love is tall and ransom
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and comely for to see
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But by ace and misfortune I sold him
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now is he
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May the man that first enlisted
him not prosper
night and day.
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How I  wish that, how I wish that,
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how I  wish that, how I  wish that, he
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may perish all in the foaming spring.
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And may he  never prosper,
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and may he never thrive,
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On that he  puts his hands to,
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as long as he's alive.
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May the very ground he treads upon,
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the grass refuse to bloom.
Since he has been mine,
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since he has been mine,
Since he has been mine,
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since he has been mine,
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Only cause of my sorrow,
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grief, and gloom.
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Shaves then pulled out a handkerchief
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To wipe her flowing tears.
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Wipe up, wipe up them mournful tears,
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Likewise them mournful sighs,
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and  be you of good courage
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till I return again.
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You and I love, you and I  love,
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you and  I love, you and I love,
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we'll be married when I  return again.
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