Dm F C Am
Come all you fair and tender girls
F G Dm
That flourish in your prime
F G
Beware, beware
D Am
Keep your garden fair
Dm C F Em
Let no man steal your thyme
Dm Am Dm
Let no man steal your thyme.
Dm F C Am
For when your thyme it is past and gone
F G Dm
He'll care no more for you
F G D Am
And every place where your thyme was waste
Dm C F Em
Will all spread o'er with rue
Dm Am Dm
Will all spread o'er with rue.
Dm F C Am
The gardener's son was standing by
F G Dm
Three flowers he gave to me
F G D Am
The pink, the blue, and the violet true
Dm C F Em
And the red, red rosy tree
Dm Am Dm
And the red, red rosy tree.
Dm F C
But I refused the red rose bush
F G Dm
And gained the willow tree
F G D Am
That all the world may plainly see
Dm C F Em
How my love slighted me
Dm Am Dm
How my love slighted me