White Cockade Chords - Kate Rusby

Intro

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Verse 1

C F G One day as I was walking all o'er yon fields of moss C F G I had no thoughts of enlisting till some soldiers did me cross C F G They kindly did invite me to a flowing ball and down, C F G C F C They advanced, they advanced me some money, a shilling from the crown.

Verse 2

C F G My true love he is listed and he wears a white cockade C F G He is a handsome young man, likewise a roving blade C F G He is a handsome young man, he's gone to serve the King C F G C F C Oh my very, oh my very heart is aching all for the love of him

Verse 3

C F G My true love he is handsome and comely for to see C F G And by a sad misfortune a soldier now is he C F G I wish the man that's listed him might prosper night nor day C F G C F C And I wish that, and I wish that, the Hollanders might sink him in the sea

Verse 4

C F G Then he took out his hankerchief to wipe my flowing eye C F G Leave off your lamentations likewise your mournful sighs C F G Leave off your grief and sorrow until I march o'er yon plain C F G C F C We'll be married, we'll be married in the springtime when I return again

Verse 5

C F G My true love he is handsome and it's all for him I'll rove C F G I'll write his name on every tree that grows in yonder grove C F G My poor heart it does hallow, how my poor heart it does cry C F G C F C To remind me, to remind me of my ploughboy, until the day I die