Saro

Bb/D Eb Cm Bb/D Eb Cm Bb/D Eb I came to this country Cm Bb/D Eighteen and forty-nine Eb I thought myself lucky F Bb/D For to be alive Eb I looked all around me Cm Bb/D No one could I see Eb That I could compare F Bb/D With my pretty Saree Eb Cm Bb/D Eb Cm Bb/D Eb I wish I was a poet Cm Bb/D Could write in find hand Eb I'd write my love a letter F Bb/D One she'd long understand Eb I'd send it by the water Cm Bb/D Where the islands overflow Eb And I'd think of pretty Saro F Bb/D Wherever I go Eb Cm Bb/D Eb 'Tis not this long journey Cm Bb/D That grieves me for to go Eb Nor the country that I'm leaving F Bb/D Nor the debts that I owe Eb There's one thing that grieves me Cm Bb/D And bears on my mind Eb That's leaving my darling F Bb/D Pretty Saro behind Eb Cm Bb/D Eb Cm Bb/D Eb