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41 lines
1.4 KiB
41 lines
1.4 KiB
13 years ago
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\selectlanguage{english}
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\songcolumns{2}
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\beginsong{Step it out Mary}[by=Traditional]
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\beginverse
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In the \[Am]village of \[Em]Kildoran lived a \[Am]maiden young and \[Em]fair.
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Her \[Am]eyes, they shone like \[Em]diamonds, she had \[C]long and \[Em]golden \[Am]hair,
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The \[Am]countryman came \[Em]riding up \[Am]to her daddy's \[Em]gate,
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Mounted \[Am]on a milk-white \[Em]stallion he came \[C]at the \[G]stroke of \[Am]eight.
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\endverse
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\beginchorus
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Step it out \[Am]Mary, my fine \[Em]daughter,
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Step it out \[Am]Mary if you \[Em]can.
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Step it out \[Am]Mary, my fine \[Em]daughter,
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Show your \[C]legs to the \[G]country\[Am]man.
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\endchorus
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\beginverse
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I have come to court your daughter, Mary of the golden hair,
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I have gold and I have silver, I have land beyond compare.
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I will buy her silks and satins and a gold ring for her hand.
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I will build for her a mansion, she'll have servants to command.
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\endverse
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\beginverse
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"Oh, kind Sir I have a soldier and I've pledged to him my hand.
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I don't want your house nor silver, I don't want your gold nor land."
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Mary's father spoke up sharply, "you will do as you are told
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You will marry him on Sunday and you will wear the ring of gold."
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\endverse
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\beginverse
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In the village of Kildoran there's a deep stream running by.
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They found Mary there on Sunday, drowned with the soldier boy.
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In the cottage there is music, you can hear her daddy say,
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"Step it out Mary my fine daughter, Sunday is your wedding day."
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\endverse
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\endsong
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