John Barbury

Capo on 3rd Bm D A There was a lady fine and gay, G A G She looked so neat and trim, D A Bm D She went into her own garden-wall, D A G To see her ships come in. Bm D A And there she spies her daughter Jane, G A G Who looked so pale and wan: D A Bm D ‘Oh, have you had some long sickness, D A G Or lain ye with some young man?’ Bm D A ‘No, I have had no long sickness, G A G Nor lain here with a man:’ D A Bm D Her petticoats they were so short, D A G She was a nine months gone D A D She was a nine months gone Bm D A ‘Oh is it by some nobleman G A G Or by some man of fame D A Bm D Or is it by John Barbary D A G Who lately come from Spain? Bm D A ‘No, it is by a nobleman G A G Nor by no man of fame D A Bm D But it is by John Barbary D A G Who lately come from Spain. D A D Who lately come from spain Bm D A And she's calld down her merry men, G A G By one, by two, by three D A Bm D John Barbary was once the first, D A G But now the last came he. Bm D A ‘Oh will you take my daughter Jane, G A G And wed her out of hand? D A Bm D And you will dine and sup with me, D A G And be heir to all my land.’ Bm D A ‘Oh, I will take your daughter Jane, G A G And wed her out of hand; D A Bm D And I will dine and sup with you, D A G But I do not want your land.’ Bm D A For I have houses and I have land G A G And money out by the grand D A Bm D And had it not been for your daughter D A G I'd never be your man, D A D I'd never be your man