A             A/C#
Pretty, fair damsel in the garden
              D             D/F#
Brave, young soldier riding by
            A         D
He rode up to her to view her
                 Bm                    D
My pretty, fair miss, won't you fancy me?


[Verse 2]
              A              A/C#
You're not a man of a noble honor
                D                     D/F#
You're not the man I had taken you to be
                A                   D
Or you wouldn't impose on a single lady
         Bm              D
Who your bride can never be


[Verse 3]
          A                A/C#
I have a true love in the army
               D                    D/F#
And he's been there for seven long years
           A                       D
And if he stays there seven years longer
         Bm            D
No other man can marry me


[Verse 4]
             A                     A/C#
Perhaps he's on some water course drowned
             D                    D/F#
Perhaps he's on some battlefield slain
             A                  D
Perhaps he's to some fair girl married
                Bm                         D
My pretty, fair miss, you'll never see him again


[Verse 5]
               A                    A/C#
Well, if he's drowned, I hope he's happy
           D                    D/F#
Or if he's on some battlefield slain
           A                 D
Or if he's to some fair girl married
           Bm                D
I love the girl that married him