Tonart: C minor•
Verse 1
Cm
Bb
Hark, hark, the drums do beat,
Gm
Cm
my love, and I must haste away.
The bugle's sweetly sound,
Bb
and no longer can I stay.
Gm
Cm
We are called up to Portsmouth,
Bb
and it's many a weary mile,
Gm
Cm
Bb
Gm
All for to be embarked for the
Cm
banks o 'er the Nile.
Bb
Oh, Willie, dearest Willie,
Gm
Cm
don't leave me here to mourn.
Don't leave me here to curse the
Bb
day that ever I was born.
Gm
Cm
For partin' with me, Willie,
Bb
Gm
is like partin' with me life
Cm
Bb
Oh, stay at home, dear Wil lie,
Gm
Cm
and make me a lawful wife
Bb
I'll put on me velveteens
Cm
Gm
Cm
and go along with you
I'll volunteer me services
and go to Egypt too
Bb
Gm
Cm
I'll fight beneath your banner,
Bb
love, and fortune it may smile
Gm
Cm
Bb
And I'll be your loyal com rade
Gm
Cm
Bb
Cm
on the banks of the Nile
Bb
Oh, Nancy, dearest Nancy,
Gm
Cm
Gm
Cm
Oh, that would never do.
The government has ordered
Gm
No women there to go.
Bb
Cm
The government has ordered,
Gm
Bb
Gm
the king he doth command,
Cm
Bb
Gm
And I am bound on oath, my love,
Bb
Cm
to serve on a foreign land.
Ab
Eb
Your waist is rather slender,
Cm
Bb
Cm
your com plexion is too fine,
Your constitution is too weak
Bb
to stand a hot campaign.
Gm
Cm
The sultry sons of Egypt,
Gm
your precious health would spoil
Cm
Bb
Gm
And the sandy desert places
Bb
Gm
Cm
on the banks o 'er the Nile
Bb
O cursed, cursed be the day
Gm
Bb
Cm
that e 'er the wars began
For they've ta 'en out of Scotland
Cm
They've ta 'en free as
our lifeguards,
Bb
protectors o 'er Isle
Cm
Bb
And their bodies feed the worms
Gm
Cm
on the banks o 'er the Nile
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