False Love

	  		


  
verse 1 
  Am 
A brisk young sailor courted me 
   F 
He stole away my liberty 
   G 
He stole my heart with a free good will 
  D 
I must confess, I love him still 


verse 2 
     Am 
Down in the meadows she did run 
  F 
A gathering flowers as they sprung 
G 
Every sort she gave a pull 
     D 
Till she had gathered her apron full 


verse 3 
     Am 
When first I wore my apron low 
   F 
He followed me through frost and snow 
    G 
But now my apron is up to my chin 
   D 
He passes by and says nothing 


verse 4 
      Am 
There is an alehouse in this town 
      F 
Where my love goes and sits him down 
   G 
He takes another girl on his knee 
    D 
Why is not that a grief to me 


Verse 5 
    Am 
Ah, grieved I am and I'll tell you why 
  F 
Because she has more gold than I 
    G 
Her gold will waste, her beauty blast 
     D 
Poor girl, she'll come like me at last 


Verse 6 
  Am 
I wish my baby it was born 
    F 
Set smiling on its father's knee 
    G 
And I was dead and in my grave 
    D 
And green grass growing over me 


Verse 7 
      Am 
There is a bird all in yonder tree 
     F 
Some say 'tis blind, and cannot see 
  G 
I wish it had been the same for me 
       D 
Before I had gained my love's company 


Verse 8 
      Am 
There is a man on yonder hill 
   F 
He has a heart as hard as steel 
   G 
He has two hearts instead of one 
      D 
He'll be a rogue when I am gone 


Verse 9 
    Am 
But when they found her corpse was cold 
F 
They went to her false love and told 
      G 
"I am glad" says he, "She's done so well 
  D 
I long to hear her funeral knell" 


verse 10 
   Am 
In Abraham's bosom she does sleep 
      F 
While his tormenting soul must weep 
   G 
He often wished his time o'er again 
D 
That his bride he might make her merry 
              Am 
And marry her soon