As I Roved Out

X:775
T:As I Roved Out
S:Digital Tradition, trooprm2
N:An Irish variant of Trooper and the Maid
B:From Folksongs and Ballads popular in Ireland, Ossian Publications
Z:dt:trooprm2
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
W:And who are you, me pretty fair maid
W:And who are you, me honey?
W:And who are you, me pretty fair maid
W:And who are you, me honey?
W:She answered me quite modestly,
W:"I am me mother's darling."
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  With me too-ry-ay
W:  Fol-de-diddle-day
W:  Di-re fol-de-diddle
W:  Dai-rie oh.
W:
W:And will you come to me mother's house,
W:When the sun is shining clearly ( repeat )
W:I'll open the door and I'll let you in
W:And divil 'o one  would hear us.
W:
W:So I went to her house in the middle of the night
W:When the moon was shining clearly ( repeat )
W:Shc opened the door and she let me in
W:And divil the one did hear us.
W:
W:She took me horse by the bridle and the bit
W:And she led him to the stable ( repeat )
W:Saying "There's plenty of oats for a soldier's horse,
W:To eat it if he's able."
W:
W:Then she took me by the lily-white hand
W:And she led me to the table ( repeat )
W:Saying "There's plenty of wine for a soldier boy,
W:To drink it if you're able."
W:
W:Then I got up and made the bed
W:And I made it nice and aisy ( repeat )
W:Then I got up and laid her down
W:Saying "Lassie, are you able?"
W:
W:And there we lay till the break of day
W:And divil a one did hear us ( repeat )
W:Then I arose and put on me clothes
W:Saying "Lassie, I must leave you."
W:
W:And when will you return again
W:And when will we get married ( repeat )
W:When broken shells make Christmas bells
W:We might well get married.
K:F
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/as/As_I_Roved_Out_1/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/As_I_Roved_Out/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/00695
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0014
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/a/0778

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