Chords for The Jewel Of Paris

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_ _ [Cm] There were rough [Gm] seas and rain [Ab] on the day that [Eb] I came [Cm] to the new world [Gm] this year of [Ab] our Lord.
_ _ [Cm] I had barely [Gm] made land [Fm] when a payball [Eb] command _ [C] insisted [Gm] that I stay [Ab] on board.
_ _ [Eb] I was given [Bb] a child _ [G] born in the wild, [Eb] long and distant [Bb] from Ville, [Ab] Quebec's home.
_ _ [Eb] He was brown [Bb] in the shade, [F] a mellow _
[Cm] _ salesmaid, [Eb] and barely [Bb] a month or [Ab] two _ _ old.
_ [Eb] So mal [Bb] petit, _ [Cm] we are born, [Ab] cross the sea, [Eb] to the counsel [Bb] of good King [Ab] Louis. _
_ _ [Eb] There is hot [Bb] bread and tea [Cm] for my Bobby [Ab] and me, [Eb] and the wonder [Bb] of all [Ab] of Paris. _
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_ And [C] there was strong drink [Gm] in hand [Ab] on the day we [Eb] made land.
Our [Cm] arrival was [Gm] met with such [Ab] joy. _
_ I [Cm] was taken to [Gm] work, _ [Ab] morning [Eb] until dark, [Cm] and asked why I cared for [Ab] the boy. _
_ _ [Eb] So quickly he [Bb] grew, _ [F] before he was [Cm] two, he [Eb] was bigger than [Bb] boys twice [Ab] his age.
_ _ A marvel [Bb] for sure, [Fm] a heart [Cm] brave and pure, [Eb] _ impressing [Bb] both subject [Ab] and sage.
_ _ _ [Eb] So [Bb] mal petit, _ [Cm] you were born, [Ab] cross the sea, [Eb] in a country _ [Bb] beyond _ [Ab] _ Acadie.
_ _ [Eb] And though your people [Bb] were free, [Cm] they were destined [Ab] to be in [Eb] bondage, _ [Bb] slaves _ [Ab] of Paris. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] But the boy grew [Gm] up tall, a wonder [Eb] to all in [Cm] the court [Gm] of Louis XIV.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Cm] There was hot [Gm] bread and tea, _ [Ab] the court [Eb] of Louis, [C] and a wonderfully [Gm] rare human [Ab] _ _
being.
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[Bb] Being a man, [Fm] he'd soon [Cm] understand [Eb] that he was not [Bb] born like the [Ab] rest.
_ _ [Eb] He was tall, [Bb] brown and lean, [Fm] his eyes [Cm] dark and clean, [Eb] and a different [Bb] heartbeat in his chest.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ So mal petit, [Bb] you [Cm] were born, cross [Ab] the sea, to [Eb] the Huron of _ _ _ [Ab]
Vilsammerie.
_ You just happened to [Bb] be _ [Cm] entrusted to [Ab] me, to [Eb] bring you as the [Bb] jewel _ of Paris. _ _ _ _ _
There _ [Cm] _ _ _
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_ _ [C] was terror [G] inside, the [Ab] day that she [Eb] died, _ [C] the first time that [Gm] he'd been alone.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [C] He knelt by her [G] bed, _ he picked up her [Eb] hand, _ [Cm] and with her last [Gm] breath she made [Ab] known _
that _ [Eb] through all of her [Bb] days, and [Fm] from each of her [Cm] pays, [Eb] she'd committed near [Bb] half what she'd [Ab] made. _ _
_ She [Eb] put it [Bb] away, [F] so that on this [G] day, [Eb] the price [Bb] of his freedom [Ab] was _ paid. _ _ _ _ _
_ And [Eb] she said, no, mal [Bb] petit, you [Cm] were not born to me, but I've loved you as though [Bb] you might [Ab] be.
_ _ _ [Eb] I've saved, [Bb] mal petit, so that you [Cm] can be [Ab] free, return [Eb]
you to [Bb] _ _ _ _
Vilsammerie. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] And so mal petit took [Cm] a boat, crossed the [Ab] sea, to the [Eb] countries _ [Bb] beyond [Ab] Arcadie.
_ _ _ Through [Eb] the _ _ [Bb] Vilsammerie, [Cm] in Huron [Eb] country, _ the young man [Bb] arrived proud _ and free.
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