Across The Blue Mountains

D# Cm D# Cm D# Cm G# A# A#7 D# Cm One morning, one morning, G# D# One morning in May, A#7 D# I heard a married man, A# To a young girl say:, A#7 D# “Go dress you up, pretty Katie, G# And come go with me, D# Cm Across the Blue Mountains, G# A# A#7 To the Allow Gain knee. (?) D# Cm I’ll buy you a horse love, G# D# And saddle to ride, A#7 D# I’ll buy myself another, A# To ride by your side, A#7 D# We’ll stop at every tavern, G# We’ll drink when we’re dry, D# Cm Across the Blue Mountains G# A# A#7 Go my Katie and I. D# Cm Well I spoke her mother, G# D# And angry was she than, A#7 D# Sayin’ daughter, ooh dear daughter, A# He is a married man, A#7 D# And there’s young men a plenty, G# More handsome than he, D# Cm Let him take his own wife, G# A# A#7 To the Allow Gain knee. (?) D# Cm G# D# D# A# D# A# A#7 D# G# D# Cm G# A# A#7 D# Cm Oh mother, oh mother, G# D# He’s the man of my heart, A#7 D# And wouldn’t it be a dreadful thing, A# If we should have to part? A#7 D# For I’d envy every woman, G# Who I’d ever see, D# Cm Go cross the Blue Mountains, G# A# A#7 To the Allow Gain knee. (?) D# Cm We left before daybreak, G# D# On a buckskin and a roan (?) A#7 D# Past homes, shiverin’ hives, A# Where mockingbirds moan, A#7 D# Past dark cabin windows, G# Where eyes never see, D# Cm Across the Blue Mountains, G# A# A#7 To the Allow Gain knee. (?) A#7 D# Past dark cabin windows, G# Where eyes never see, D# Cm Across the Blue Mountains, G# A# To the Allow Gain knee. (?)