For I am a Maid that's Deep in Love

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T:For I am a Maid that's Deep in Love
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1953
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
S:Mrs Costello
Z:Patrick Shuldham-Shaw
M:none
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A B |c2 B2 A6 g2 |(ed) f2 e6 e e | e2 B2 (3:2:2A2B G6
w:For I am a maid that's deep_ in love, and I dare not once com-plain,
(AB) | c2 B2 A6 g2 |(e/d3/2) f2 e6 e2 | e B3 AA A6 
w:For_ I'm in search of my_ true love and John-ny is his name.
d2 | e2 (a3 g) e3 A | d2 g6 (ag) | e2 (dB) G2 B2 G6
w: En-quir-ing_ for the cap-tain my_ pass-age_ to go free, 
(AB) | c2 B2 A4 g2 | (ed) f2 e6 e2 | e B2 B A2 A2 A6 | |]
w:That_ I might find the lad_ I love while cross-ing the deep blue sea. 
A3/2B/ |cB A2 g2 (3:2:2e2(ee2) (3:2:2e2e  | e2 B2 A2 B2 (G6G4) 
w:Well the ship it went on gai-ly_ and the wind it did blow fair_ 
A2 |(3:2:2cB2 A2 g2 (3:2:3(ed)f e6 e2  | (3:2:2eB2A A2 (AA6) 
w:And when I reached Co-lum -ba's shore no  dan-ger did I _fear
e e |e2 (ag) e4 A2  |d2 e2 g6 z2 a3 g  |e3 B AB G6 
w: It is once I_ was a man on sea but a maid I am on shore, 
AB  |(3:2:3cB(A A4)g2 |(3:2:3(ed)f e6 e2  |e2 B2 AA A6  |]
w:So a-dieu, a-_dieu sea cap-*tain bold, a-dieu for ev-er-more. 
A B |cB A2 g2  |(3:2:3e d f e4 e e  |(3:2:2e B2 (3:2:3A B G-G4 
w:O come back, come back my pret-ty Mol-lie Won't you come and mar-ry me?_ 
(AB)  | (3:2:2c2B A2 g2 |(ef) e6 e2  |e B (3:2:2A2A A6 
w:I_ have a hand-some for-*tune and all I'll give to thee 
 e e  |f (a/g/) e3 A  |d (e/f/) g4 (a3/2g/)  |e (d/B/) A A G4 
w:Oh it's once I_ had my own true_ love, and_ John-ny_ was his name, 
A B  |(3:2:3 c B A-A g  |(3:2:3(ed) f e4 e2  | e2 B A2 A A4  |]
w:And un-til I find_ that lad_ I love I'll live and die a maid.

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