Female Drummer

A G A A G A Am G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em Am G Am G I was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen Em Am Em Oh I ran away to London and a soldier I became D G Am G Em Am Em With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadub-a-dum D G Am G Em Am Em With me gentle waist so slender, me fingers long and small, and to play upon the rubadub the best of them all Am G Am G G Em Am Em Am G Am G And so many were the pranks that I saw among the French Em Am Em And so boldly did I fight, me boys, although I'm but a wench Am G Am G And in buttoning up me trousers so often have I smiled Em Am Em To think I lay with a thousand men and a maiden all the while D G Am G Em Am Em With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadub-a-dum D G Am G Em Am Em With me gentle waist so slender, me fingers long and small, and to play upon the rubadub the best of them all Am G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em Am G Am G And they never found my secret out until this very hour Em Am Em When they sent me off to London to keep sentry o'er the Tower Am G Am G When a young girl fell in love with me and she found that I was a maid Em Am Em She went up to me officer and me secret she betrayed D G Am G Em Am Em With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadub-a-dum D G Am G Em Am Em With me gentle waist so slender, me fingers long and small, and to play upon the rubadub the best of them all Am G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em Am G Am G He unbuttoned then my red tunic and he found that it was true Em Am Em 'It's a shame’, he says, 'to lose a pretty drummer boy like you’ Am G Am G So now I must return to me mum and dad at home Em Am Em And along with me bold comrades it's no longer can I roam D G Am G Em Am Em With me fine cap and feather, likewise me rattling drum they learned me to play upon the rubadub-a-dum D G Am G Em Am Em With me gentle waist so slender, me fingers long and small, and to play upon the rubadub the best of them all Am G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em D G Am G G Em Am Em