One Morning in May

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

    G           D7      G
One morning one morning in May
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I spied a young couple a making their way
One was a maiden so bright and so fair
The other was a soldier and a brave volunteer

Verse 2

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Good morning good morning good morning to thee
Oh where are you going my pretty lady
I am a going to the banks of the sea
   C   G          C             D7  G
To see the waters gliding herar the nightingales sing

Verse 3

Oh they hadn’t been a standing but a minute or two
When out of his knapsack a fiddle he drew
And the tune he was playing made the valleys all ring
   C   G   C                   D7  G
Oh see the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing

Verse 4

Pretty lady pretty lady it’s time to give oar
Oh no pretty soldier please play one tune more
For I’d rather hear your fiddle and the touch of one string
     C  G        C                   D7  G
Than to see that waters gliding hear the nightingales sing

Verse 5

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Pretty soldier pretty soldier will you marry me
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Oh no pretty lady that never can be
I have a wife in old London and children twa three
Two wives in the army too many for me

Verse 6

Well I’ll go back to London and I’ll stay there one year
And often I’ll think of you my little dear
    G                C          G
And when I return it will be in the spring
   C   G   C                   D7  G
To see the waters gliding hear the nightingales sing