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Rosemary Lane - Bert Jansch Chords

Chords: Bm, D, A, E

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Genre: folk, acoustic, blues


This is my first tab:

[Verse 1]
Bm D A Bm
When I was in service in Rosemary Lane,
Bm D A E
I won the good will of my master and dame,
Bm D A Bm
'Til a sailor came there one night for to lay,
Bm D A E
And that was the beginning of my misery.

[Verse 2]

He asked for a lantern to light him to bed,

And likewise a silk handkerchief to tie up his head,

To tie up his head as sailors will do,

And he said, "My pretty Polly, won't you come too?"

[Verse 3]

Now this maid be young and foolish, she thought it no harm,

To lie into bed for to keep herself warm,

And what was done there I will never disclose,

But I wish that short night had been seven long years.

[Verse 4]

Next morning this sailor so early arose,

And into my apron three guineas did throw,

Saying, "This I will give, and more I will do,

If you'll be my Polly wherever I go."

[Verse 5]

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