Farewell Lovely Nancy

| A | G | A | A | | A | G | A | A | | Am | G | F | Em | | C | G | F | D | | D | Am G Am It's fare thee well, lovely Nancy, for now I must leave you Am G Am All on the salt oceans I am bound for to steer Am G Am But let me long voyage be no trouble to you Am G F D D For I will be back in the course of a year Am G Am Talk not of leaving me here, lovely Johnny Am G Am Talk not of leaving me here by the shore Am G F Em For you know very well your long journey will grieve me C G F D I would have you at home when the loud billows roar Am G Am She says, "I'll cut off me ringlets, all curly and yellow Am G Am I'll dress in thе clothes of a young cabin boy Am G F Em And when we'rе out on the dark rolling ocean C G F D D I will always be near you, me heart and me joy" Dm C Dm Your pretty white hands couldn't handle our tackle Dm C Dm Your pretty wee feet to our topmast won't go Dm C Bb Am And the cold stormy weather you could not endure, love F C Bb G Stay at home, lovely Nancy, where the wild winds don't blow Dm As Johnny set sailing, lovely Nancy stood wailing Dm Tears from her eyes in great torrents did flow Dm C Bb Am As she stood on the beach, sure her hands she kept wringing F C Bb G Crying, "Oh and alas, will I ever see you more?" Dm C Dm As Johnny was a-walking the quays of Philadelphi' Dm C Dm The thoughts of his true love, they filled him with pride Dm C Bb Am Crying, "Nancy, lovely Nancy, if I had you here, love F C Bb G Oh, how happy I'd be for to make you my bride" Dm C Dm Johnny wrote then a letter to his own lovely Nancy Dm C Dm "If you will prove constant, then I will prove true" Dm C Bb Am But Nancy lay on deathbed and could not recover F C Bb G The day that he left her, he'd forever rue Dm C Dm Come all you young maidens, a warning take from me Dm C Dm Don't trust a sailor, not one of his kind Dm C Bb Am 'Cause first he will court you, and then he'll deceive you F C Bb G Their hearts are tempestuous like the wavering wind