The Widow Of Westmorland's Daughter chords by Fairport Convention

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Verse 1
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There  (D major) was an old widow in Westmorland
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who  (C major) had no daughter but  (A major) one
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And  (D major) she has prayed both  (G major) night and day she
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 (A major) should keep her maidenhead  (D major) long
"Ah, don't be daft, mother," she said,
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"and  (C major) say no more to  (A major) me
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For a  (D major) fine young man in the  (G major) Grenadier  (A major) Guards
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my maidenhead's taken from  (D major) me"
"You saucy cat, you impudent cat,
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a-  (C major) cursed  (D major) may you  (G major) be
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If some  (D major) idle rogue in the  (G major) Grenadier Guards your  (A major) maidenhead's taken from
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 (D major) thee"  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) But the girlie's off to the Grenadier
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Guards as  (C major) fast as  (B minor) go  can  (A major) she
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Saying  (D major) "Give me back my  (G major) maiden (A major) head,
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my mother she nags at  (D major) me"
So he kissed her and undressed
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her and he  (C major) laid her  (G major) on the  (A major) bed
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And he  (D major) put her head where her  (G major) feet were be
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 (A major) fore and  (B minor) gave back her  (A major) maidenhead  (D major) 
Then he kissed her and he dressed
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her with a  (C major) rose in  (B minor) either  (G major) hand
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Invited  (D major) her round to St.  (G major) Mary's  (A major) church to  (B minor) see his  (A major) fine wed (D major) ding  (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (D major) Oh, the girlie's off to her mammy's
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house as  (C major) fast as  (D major) go can  (A major) she
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"I'm as  (D major) full a maiden,  (G major) mammy dear,  (A major) 
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as the day you first bore  (D major) me
He kissed me and undressed me
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and he  (C major) laid me on the  (A major) bed
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Put  (D major) my head where my  (G major) feet were before  (A major) 
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and he  (B minor) gave back my  (A major) maidenhead  (D major) 
Then he kissed me and he dressed me,
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put a  (C major) rose in  (B minor) either  (G major) hand and
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In (D major) vited me round to St.  (G major) Mary's
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 (A major) church to  (B minor) see his  (A major) fine wed (D major) ding
"Ah, never on foot," her mammy she said,
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"in a  (C major) carriage and  (E minor) pair you'll  (A major) ride
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With  (D major) four and twenty  (G major) fine young  (A major) girls to  (B minor) go  with  (A major) you beside"  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) "Ah, who is this?" the bride she said,
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"She  (C major) comes so high to me"
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 (A major) "I see  (D major) it is the  (G major) widow's daughter who
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 (A major) ran home and told her mammy"  (D major) 
"How could she do it, how would she do it,
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how  (C major) could she do it for shame?  (A major) 
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Elev (D major) en long nights I  (G major) lay with a
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 (A major) man and I  (B minor) never told  (A major) anyone"
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 (D major) "If eleven long nights you lay with a man,
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you  (C major) never shall lie with me  (A major) 
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I'd  (D major) rather marry the  (G major) widow's  (A major) daughter
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who  (B minor) ran home and  (A major) told her mammy"  (D major) 