Chords for Martinmas Time | Andy Irvine & Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert | TG4

[F] It fell out upon one Martin last time, when snow lay on the border,
There came a troop of soldiers here, to take up their winter quarters. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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And they rode north and they rode south, and they rode over the border,
And there they met with a nice little girl, [Bb] and she was a farmer's daughter.
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And they made her swear a solemn oath, with a salt tear in her eye,
That she would come to the quarter gates, when no one did her spiel.
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And she's gone to the barber shop, to the [Bb] barber [F] shop when soon all,
[Bb] Made them [F] cut her long yellow hair, as short as any [G] jagoon all.
[F] A-whip me right the [Bb] ladle-ee, the ladle-ee, the laddie [F]-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddie-o.
[F] And she's gone to the tailor's shop, and [Bb] dresses in [F] soldier's clothes-o,
[Bb] Two long [F] pistols down by her [F] side, a nice little boy was [C] she-o.
[F] A-whip me right the [Bb] ladle-ee, the [C] laddle-ee, the laddie [F]-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddie-o.
[Dm] And [Bb] she's gone [F] to the [C] quarter [Bb] gates, and loudly she does [F] call-o,
There [Bb] comes a [F] troop of soldiers here, and we must have lodgings [C] all-o.
[F] A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the laddle-ee, the laddie-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddie-o.
[F] And the quarter master he comes down, he gives her half a crown-o,
Go [Bb] find your [F] lodgings in the town, for tonight there is no room-o.
A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddle-ee, the laddie [F]-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddie [F]-o. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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But she's moved nearer to the gates, louder [F] she does call-o,
Oh, room, room, you gentlemen, well, we must have lodgings [Cm] all-o.
[F] A-whip me right the [C] ladle-ee, the laddle-ee, the laddie [F]-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, [C] the laddie-o.
[Dm] And the [Bb] quarter [F] master [C] he comes [F] down, he [Bb] gives her [F] eighteen pence-o,
[Bb] Go find your lodgings [F] in the town, for tonight there comes a wench-o.
A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the [C] laddle-ee, the laddie [F]-o, A-whip me right the laddle-ee, the laddie-o.
And she took a [F] whistle from her sign, she blew it loud and shrill-o,
[Bb] You're all very [F] free with [C] your eighteen [F] pence, but you're not for a girl [C] at all [F]-o.
A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the laddle-ee, the laddie-o, A-whip me right the ladle-ee, [C] the laddie [F]-o.
And she [Bb] took the [F] garters [C] from her [F] knees, [Bb] the ribbons from her [F]
hair-o,
She's tied them [F] round the quarter gates, as a token she's [C] been there [F]-o.
A-whip me right the ladle-ee, the laddle-ee, the laddie-o, A-whip me right the laddle [C]-ee, the laddle-ee.
[F] And when they found that it was her, they tried to have her taken,
But she's clapped her spurs to her horse's side, she's galloped home a maiden. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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