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[Verse]
     C                                         G
It's of a jolly ploughboy was ploughing up his land
         F              C        F
With his horses in good order to keep
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He whistled and he sang as the plough, she jogged along
      F              G              C            G
His intention was to court a pretty maid, pretty maid
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His intention was to court a pretty maid

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   C                                         G
He ended his song as the plough, she jogged along
              F                C         F
Saying, "This fair maid's far above my degree
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If her parents, they would know, they would prove my overthrow
        F                      G              C           G
And the first place they would send me is the sea, is the sea
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And the first place they would send me is the sea"

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     C                                          G
When her ol' father knew she was courted on the plain
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He vowed he would send him o'er the sea
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A press gang then arose and they set my love on board
         F               G         Am           G
And they sent him to the war to be slain, to be slain
         F               G         C
And they sent him to the war to be slain

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C                                        G
She's dressed herself in a suit of men's clothes
    F            C                 F
Her pockets well-lined with bright gold
       C                                            G
And as she walked down the street with her red-rosy cheeks
    F                  G            C            G
She looked just like a young sailor bold, sailor bold
    F                  G            Am    C  Am  C
She looked just like a young sailor bold

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The first one that she met was the captain of the ship
    F            C            F
And unto him she told all her woe
              C                                    G
Saying, "They took from me my joy and my own ploughboy
         F               G         C            G
And they sent him to the war to be slain, to be slain
         F               G         C      F  C F
And they sent him to the war to be slain"

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C                                               G
She's pulled out a purse of the bright, shining gold
                F            C           F
Saying, "Here's fifty bright guineas and more"
          C                                        G
And she's freely laid it down for her bonnie ploughboy
          F             G        C           G
And she's got the young man she adored, she adored
          F             G        C
And she's got the young man she adored