The Jolly Waggoners Chords by The Watersons

_ _ When first I went to Wageningen, [G] oh Wageningen [C] did go,
Well it filled me poor old parents' hearts [G] with sorrow, grief [C] and woe,
And many other hardships [F] I'd since [D] have undergone, [C] say,
Oh, my lad's thing, what a [F] drive-on, my lad's drive-on,
[C] Who wouldn't be [F] for all [C] the world a jolly [G] Wagener?
_ When it's belting down with rain, my [G] lads, I get wet, it's [C] me the skin,
But I bear it with contented [G] heart until I [C] reach the inn,
And I sit down a-drinkin' [F] with the landlord and his kin, [G] sing,
Oh, my [C] lad's thing, what a [F] drive-on, my lad's drive [C]-on,
Who wouldn't [F] be for [G] all the world a jolly Wagener?
[C] _ Well, things is greatly altered [G] now, and wagons [C] feel the same,
When the world stands up, seats are me, [G] lads, and things is [C] run with steam,
And all the world passes before me [F] just like a morning dream, sing,
[C] Oh, my lad's thing, what [F] a drive-on, my lad's drive [C]-on,
Who wouldn't [F] be for [G] all the world a jolly Wagener?
_ [C] I think things is greatly altered [G] now, but then what can [C] us do?
But a folks in power, I'll take me [G] to the likes of [C] me and you,
It's a hardship for us waggonin' [F] lads, and a fortune for the few, [C] sing,
Oh, my lad's thing, what a [F] drive-on, my lad's drive-on,
[C] Who wouldn't be [F] for all [G] the world a jolly Wagener?
[C] _ Well, Martin, Mrs.
Cumming, [G] lads, what pleasures we [C] shall see,
Like half before the windy [G] lads, we'll make our money [C] flee,
And every lad shall take his last [F] sunny lover [D] on his knee, sing,
[C] Oh, my lad's thing, what a [F] drive-on, my lad's drive-on,
Who wouldn't be [F] for all the world a jolly [C] Wagener? _ _ _ _