[Intro]
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[VERSE 1]
G D C G
Once I loved a young girl as I loved my life
D C G D
And I thought in my mind I could make her my wife
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With her white cotton stockings and her high ankle shoes
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And she wears a yellow handkerchief wherever she goes
[Chorus]
G D C G
So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me
D C G D
And wear it round your neck love in flash company
G D C D
Flash company my boys like a great many more
G D C G
If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor
[Verse 3]
G D C G
Fiddling and dancing were all my delight
D C G D
But keeping flash company has ruined me quite
G D C D
Has ruined me quite my love like a great many more
G D C G
If it hadn't have been for flash company I'd never have been so poor
[Chorus]
G D C G
So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me
D C G D
And wear it round your neck love in flash company
G D C D
Flash company my boys like a great many more
G D C G
If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor
[Verse 3]
G D C G
Once I had a colour as red as the rose
D C G D
But now I'm as pale as the lily that grows
G D C D
Like a flower in the garden all my colour has gone
G D C G
Don't you see what I have come to from loving this one
[Chorus]
G D C G
So wear this yellow handkerchief in remembrance of me
D C G D
And wear it round your neck love in flash company
G D C D
Flash company my boys like a great many more
G D C G
If it hadn't been for flash company I'd never have been so poor