Cherish The Ladies - Matt Hyland
CAPO: 5th Fret
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There was a lord__, lived in this town
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Who had a fair and lucky daughter
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She was courted by a handsome man
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Who was a servant to her father
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But when her parents came to know
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They swore they'd ban him from the island
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This maid, she knew that her heart would break
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Had she to part with young Matt Hyland
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Straightway to her love she went
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And then into his room to wake him
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Saying, "Arise, my love, and go away
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This very night you will be taken
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I overheard my parents say
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In spite of me they would transport you
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Arise, my love, and go away
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I wish to God I'd gone before you"
[Verse 3]
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They both sat down all upon the bed
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All for the sight of one another
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And not one word did either speak
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'Til down her cheeks the tears did shower
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She laid her head upon his breast
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Around his neck her arms entwined then
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"No duke nor earl nor lord I'll wed
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I'll wait for you, my own Matt Hyland"
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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"How can I__ go away, my love?
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How can I go without my wages?
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Without one penny of my own
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Just like some low and lonesome vagrant"
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"Here's twenty guineas in bright gold
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That's far much more than Father owes you
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Take it, love, and go away
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You know right well, I do adore you"
[Verse 5]
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The lord conversed with his daughter fair
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One night above in her bedchamber
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Saying, "I'll give you leave for to bring him back
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Since there's no one can win your favour"
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She wrote a letter in great haste
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For him her heart was still repining
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They brought him back, to the church they went
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And made a lord of young Matt Hyland