Tonart: D major
Verse 1
D
G
D
When first to this
G
D
country a stranger I came,
A
G
I laid my affections on a girl
G
Bm
D
She'd been fair and tender,
A
Bm
her waist small and tender,
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Bm
A
G
Fond nature had formed her,
Em
D
G
for my ever young.
G
D
Dan, it was there I first met her.
A
She appeared like an angel, or
G
D
Egypt's fair queen.
G
Bm
D
Her eyes were like diamonds or
A
Bm
stars brightly shining
A
Bm
A
G
Em
She's one of the fairest in
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G
D
the world that I've seen
G
A
Em
A
It was her cruel parents that
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Em
Bm
first caused a variance
D
F#m
Em
Because they are rich
D
Bm
D
and above my degree
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D
G
Em
Bm
F#m
But I'll do my endeavor to
Bm
A
Bm
F#m
Bm
gain my love's favor
G
A
D
Bm
Em
D
Al though she is come of a high family
G
D
My name is
G
Delaney
D
It's a name that won't shame me
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D
I would never have liked
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Bm
D
But drinkin' and sportin'
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Bm
Night ramblin' and portin'
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Bm
A
G
Are the cause of only ruin
Em
D
G
D
And absence from home
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D
Now had I the riches that are in the
A
Indies, I'd put rings on her
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D
fingers and gold in her ears,
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D
And there on the banks of
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Bm
the lonely bend river
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Bm
A
G
In all kinds of splendor
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G
I'd live with my dear.
D
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