Tom: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
and the first one of the year
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Lord Donald's wife came into the church,
Dm
the gospel for to hear
D
And when the meeting it was done,
she cast her eyes about
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And there she saw little Matty Groves,
"Come home with me, little Matty Groves,
come home with me tonight
C
Come home with me, little Matty Groves,
D
C
Dm
and sleep with me till light"
I won't come home and sleep with you tonight
Dm
C
By the rings on your fingers I can
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tell you are my master's wife"
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Dm
"But if I am Lord Donald's wife,
Lord Donald's not at home
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C
D
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He is out in the far cornfields bringing the yearlings
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home"
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Dm
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Dm
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Verse 2
Dm
C
D
Dm
And a servant who was standing by
D
and hearing what was said
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He swore Lord Donald he would know
Dm
before the sun would set
And in his hurry to carry the news,
he bent his breast and ran
D
C
And when he came to the broad millstream,
D
he took off his shoes and he swam
Interlude 1
Dm
C
Dm
Verse 3
D
Dm
he lay down and took a little sleep
When he awoke,
C
Dm
C
D
Lord Donald was standing at his feet
Dm
D
Saying "How do you like my feather
bed and how do you like my sheets
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C
How do you like my lady who
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lies in your arms asleep?"
D
"Oh, well I like your feather bed
and well I like your sheets
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But better I like your lady gay
who lies in my arms asleep"
D
Dm
"Well, get up, get up," Lord Donald cried,
D
"get up as quick as you can
C
It'll never be said in fair England
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C
D
that I slew a naked man"
Dm
"Oh, I can 't get up, I won't get up,
I can't get up for my life
C
For you have two long beaten swords
D
C
D
and I not a pocket knife"
Dm
"Well it's true I have two beaten swords
and they cost me deep in the purse
C
But you will have the better of them
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C
D
and I will have the worse
Dm
D
And you will strike the very first
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D
Dm
blow and strike it like a man
C
I will strike the very next blow and I'll
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C
Dm
kill you if I can"
D
Dm
D
C
Verse 4
D
C
D
Dm
So Matty struck the very first blow
D
and he hurt Lord Donald sore
C
Lord Donald struck the very next
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C
D
blow and Matty struck no more
Dm
D
And then Lord Donald took his wife
and he sat her on his knee
Dm
C
Saying "Who do you like the best of us,
Dm
And then up spoke his own dear wife,
D
never heard to speak so free
C
"I'd rather a kiss from dead Matty's lips
D
C
D
Dm
than you or your finery"
Interlude 2
D
C
Dm
D
Lord Donald he jumped up and
Verse 5
loudly he did bawl
C
He struck his wife right through the heart
D
and pinned her against the wall
Dm
"A grave, a grave," Lord Donald cried,
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D
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D
C
D
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Dm
D
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But bury my lady at the top for she was of noble
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kin"
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