Intro: G C G D G verse 1: C While cruisin' 'round Yarmouth one day for a spree G D I met a fair damsel, the wind blowing free G C G "I'm a fast-going clipper, my kind sir", says she C G "I'm ready for cargo, my hold is quite free"verse 2: C What country she came from, I could not tell which G D But by her appearance I thought she was Dutch G C G Her flag wore its colours, her masthead was low C G She was round at the quarters and bluff in the bowC Singing, fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral lay G D G Fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral dayverse 3: C She took me upstairs and her tops'l she lowered G D In a neat little parlour she soon had me moored G C G She laid in her foresails, her staysails and all C G With her lily-white hand on my reef-tackle fallC Singing, fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral lay G D G Fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral dayInstrumental: G C G D G C G C G C G D G verse 4: C I said, "Pretty fair maid, it's time to give o'er G D For 'twixt wind and water, you've run me ashore G C G Me shot-locker's empty, me powder's all spent C G I can't fire a shot for it's choked to the vent"C Singing, fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral lay G D G Fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral dayVERSE 5: C Here's luck to the girl with the black curly locks G D Here's luck to the girl who ran Jack on the rocks G C G Here's luck to the doctor who eased all his pain C G He squared his main yards, he's a-cruisin' againC Singing, fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral lay G D G Fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral dayOUTRO: G C G D GC Singing, fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral lay G D G Fal de-ral laddie, right fal de-ral day