Tonart: G major•
Verse 1
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Oh the grazier's daughter living near
A fair young damsel as you shall hear
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G
It's up to Lon don she did go
C
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To seek for service as you shall know
Am
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Her master having
Verse 2
but one son
Oh she bein' fair, his heart she won
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G
Young Betsy bein' so very fair
She brought his heart into a snare
Verse 3
G
One Sunday evening he stole her thyme
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And unto Bet sy told his mind
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G
My own swearing bower's above
'Tis you fair Betsy,'tis you I love
Am
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His mother then bein'
Verse 4
standing nigh
Hearing these words that her son did say
Next morning by the break of day
Unto fair Betsy she took away
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Sayin' "Rise up, rise up, my fair
Verse 5
Betsy
And dress yourself most gallantly
For 'tis to the country you must go
All along with me for one day
or two"
Verse 6
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crossing o'er the plain
They spied some ships sailing on the main
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G
No wit, no wit this poor woman had
But to sell poor Betsy to be a slave
Verse 7
G
Then a few days after the mother returned
And it's "welcome mother"
replies the son
"But tell me, tell me true I pray
Verse 8
Oh where is Betsy behind you, say"
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G
"Oh son, oh son, I plainly see
The love you bear for poor
Betsy
But your sobbin' and sighin'
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G
are all in vain
Young Betsy sailing across the main"
Verse 9
G
In a few days after the son lies sick
No sort o' music his heart would take
But he often sighed and he often cried
"Oh Betsy, Betsy, I shall die"
Verse 10
G
And in a few days after
the son lies dead
Mother wrings her hands
and she tears her hair
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Gm
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"If I could bring back my son again
G
I'd send poor Betsy across the main"
G
Oh
Verse 11
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G
A fair young damsel as you shall
hear
It's up to London she did go
G
To seek for service as you shall know
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