[Intro]
C F C F C F C F
[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
C G
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
F G C F C F
His intention was to court a pretty maid
[Verse]
C G
He ended his song as the plough, she jogged along
F C F
Saying, "This fair maid's far above my degree
C G
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
F G C F C F
And the first place they would send me is the sea"
[Verse]
C G
When her ol' father knew she was courted on the plain
F C F
He vowed he would send him o'er the sea
C G
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]
C F C F C F C F
[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
[Verse]
G
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"
[Verse]
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