Underneath Her Apron by Steeleye Span, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Underneath Her Apron

Biography:

Steeleye Span formed in 1969 from members of Fairport Convention and out of the ashes of Sweeney's Men creating a distinctive fusion of both British folk with electric rock music. The resulting first version of the band was formed by ex-Fairport bassist Ashley Hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior and Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm was to be supplied largely by Hutchings' bass, and without drums.

Tensions between the band grew during the production in 1970 of their first album

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

[Intro]
C G C G

[Verse]
C F G
A pretty young girl all in the month of May
G
A gathering rushes just at the break of day
Am G
But before she's come home, she has born a little son
C G C G
And she's rolled him all underneath her apron

[Verse]
C F G
All in the first part of the night, when all were fast asleep
G
This pretty little baby, oh, it began to weep
Am G
"Oh, what's that little babe that's a-crying out so shrill
C G C G
In the bedroom among the pretty maidens?"

[Verse]
C F G
"Oh father, dear father, it's nothing then," said she
G
"It's just a little bird that my sister gave to me
Am G
And I'll build for it a nest and I'll warm it on my breast
C G C G
So that it won't wake you early in the May morning"

[Verse]
C F G
All in the last part of the night, when they were fast asleep
G
This pretty little baby, again began to weep
Am G
"Oh, what's that little babe that's crying out so clear
C G C G
In the bedroom among the pretty maidens?"

[Verse]
C F G
"Oh father, dear father, it's nothing then" said she
G
"It's just a little baby that someone gave to me
Am G
Let it lie, let it sleep this night along o' me
C G C G
And I'll tell to you its daddy in the May morning"

[Verse]
C F G
"Oh, was it by a black man or was it by a brown
G
Or was it by a ploughing-boy, a-ploughing up and down
Am G
That gave you the stranger you wear with your new gown
C G C G
That you've rolled up underneath your apron?'

[Verse]
C F G
"It wasn't by a black man and it wasn't by a brown
G
But it was by a sailor lad, that ploughs the watery main
Am G
And was him gave me the stranger I wear with my new gown
C G C G
That I've rolled up underneath me apron"

[Verse]
C F G
"Oh, was it in the kitchen got, or was it in the hall?
G
Or was it in the cowshed or up against the wall?
Am G
I wish I had a firebrand to burn the building down
C G C G
Where you met with him on a May morning"

[Verse]
C F G
"It wasn't in the kitchen-room got, it wasn't in the hall
G
It wasn't in the cowshed, nor up again the wall
Am G
It was down by yonder spring, where them pretty birds do sing
C G C G
That I met with him on a May morning"