The Game Of Cards

F Bb F Bb C F F Bb F Bb C As I was a-walking one midsummer's morning I heard the birds whistle and the nightingales play F Bb F Bb C F And there did I spy a beautiful maiden as I was a-walking all on the highway F Bb F Bb C “O where are you going, my fair pretty lady? O where are you going so early this morn?” F Bb F Bb C F She said, “I'm going down to visit my neighbours, I'm going down to Warwick, the place I was born.” F Bb F Bb C It's “May I come with you, my sweet pretty darling? May I go along in your sweet company?” F Bb F Bb C F Then she turned her head and smiling all at me saying “You may come with me, kind sir, if you please” Instr Verse F Bb F Bb C F Bb F Bb C F F Bb F Bb C We hadn't been walking but a few miles together before this young damsel began to show free F Bb F Bb C F She sat herself down, saying “Sit down beside me, and the games we shall play shall be one, two and three” F Bb F Bb C I said “My dear lady, if you're fond of the gaming there's one game I know I would like you to learn F Bb F Bb C F The game it is called The Game of All Fours”, so I took out my pack and began the first turn F Bb F Bb C She cut the cards first and I fell a-dealing, I dealt her a trump and myself the poor jack F Bb F Bb C F She led off her ace and stole my jack from me, saying “Jack is the card I like best in your pack.” F Bb F Bb C “Since I dealt them last time, it's your turn to shuffle and my turn to show the best card in the pack.” F Bb F Bb C F Once more she'd the ace and the deuce for to beat me, once again I had lost when I laid down poor jack Instr Verse F Bb F Bb C F Bb F Bb C F F Bb F Bb C So I took up my hat and I bid her “Good morning”, I said “You're the best that I know at this game.” F Bb F She answered, “Young man if you'll come back to-morrow Bb C F We'll play the game over and over and over and over again.”