The Maid That Sold The Barley Chords & Tabs
The Maid That Sold The Barley Chords
C Em Fmaj7 G
It's cold and raw the north winds blow
Am G Am
Black in the morning early,
C Em Fmaj7 C
When all the hills were covered with snow
Am G Am
Oh then it was winter fairly.
Am Em C Am
As I was riding o'er the moor
C Fmaj7 E
I met a farmer's daughter
C Em Fmaj7 G
Her cherry cheeks and slow-black hair
Am G Am
They caused my heart to falter.
C Em Fma7 G
I bowed my bonnet very low
Am G Am
To let her know my meaning.
C Em Fmaj7 C
She answered with a courteous smile
Am G Am
Here looks they were engaging.
Am Em C Am
"Where are you bound my pretty maid
C Fmaj7 E
It's now in the morning early?"
C Em Fma7 G
The answer that she made to me,
Am G Am
"Kind sir, to sell my barley."
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C Em Fmaj7 G
"Now twenty guineas I've in my purse
Am G Am
And twenty more that's yearly.
C Em Fmaj7 C
You need not go to the market town
Am G Am
For I'll buy all your barley.
Am Em C Am
If twenty guineas-would gain the heart
C Fmaj7 E
Of the maid I love so dearly,
C Em Fma7 G
All for to tarry with-me one night
Am G Am
And go home in the morning early."
C Em Fmaj7 G
As I was riding o'er the moor
A G Am
The very evening after,
C Em Fmaj7 C
It was my fortune for to meet
Am G Am
The farmer's only daughter.
Am Em C Am
Although the weather-being cold and raw
C Fmaj7 E
With her I thought to parley
C Em Fmaj7 G
The answer that she made to me,
Am G Am
"Kind sir, I've sold my barley."
