D

[Verse]
  G
I threw my heart in the wishing well
    D                    G
The day I met him by the river
          C          G/B  D            G
He sang, “Fol diddle daw, dootle ditle day
D                       G
Our love will go on forever”

[Verse]

He said, “Give me your smile at the end of the day”
  D                        G
I gave him my heart in the bargain
          C          G/B  D            G
He sang,” Fol diddle daw, dootle ditle day”
D                    G
He was so clever and charming

[Chorus]
C           G    D              G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C           G            D
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C           G    D              G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D                         G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

[Verse]

Each day in the sky came the lone magpie
  D                         G
I knew that my heart was in danger
          C          G/B  D           G
He sang, “Fol dittle daw, dootle itle day
   D                        G
My darlin’, you know I’m no stranger”

[Verse]

I never knew if his love was true
    D                        G
His eyes they were always a’ roving
          C          G/B  D           G
He sang, “Fol diddle daw, doodle idle day”
            D               G
I spied his feet then I was knowing

[Chorus]
C           G    D              G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C           G            D
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C           G    D              G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D                         G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

[Verse]

I took up my heart from the grinding stone
    D                         G
And gathered the bits and the tatters
          C          G/B  D            G
Singing, “Fol dittle daw, dootle ditle day
          D                         G
Fare thee well to the love that was shattered

[Verse]

I’ve been long up and down on the same old road
         D                         G
With the well and the mill and the mourning
          C          G/B  D            G
Singing, “Fol dittle daw, dootle ditle day”
            D                          G
And I’ll be on a new road with the dawning

[Chorus]
C           G    D              G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C           G            D
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C           G    D              G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D                         G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

[Chorus]
C           G    D              G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C           G            D
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C           G    D              G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D                         G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do