Her Mantle So Green
chords by allen squires [nokeltaeh@yahoo.ie]
C F-C F G Am
F G-C F G-C
F G-C F G-C
Am G F G-Am
Am F Am F
F  C          F    C       F           Am
As i went out walking, one morning in June,
   F	           C               F          C
To view the fair fields, and the valleys in bloom;
  F              C              F               C
I spied a pretty fair maid, she appeared like a queen.
Hm        Am           G            F         G-Am
With her costly fine robes and her mantle so green.
[so on the same chords as in the first verse]
Says I, 'My pretty fair maid, won't you come with me,
We'll both join in wedlock, and married we'll be;
I will dress you in fine linen, you'll appear like a queen,
With your costly fine robes and your mantle so green.'
Says she, 'Nown my young man, you must be excused,
For i'll wed no man, so you must be refused;
To the green woods i will wander and shun all men's view,
For the boy i love dearly lies in famed Waterloo.'
'Well if you're not married, say your lover's name
I fought in that battle, so i might know the same.'
'Draw near to my garment, and there you will see,
His name is embroidered on my mantle so green.'
In the ribbon of her mantle, there i did behold,
His name and his surname, in letters of gold;
Young William O'Reilly, appeared in my view,
'He was my chief comrade back in famed Waterloo.
And as he lay dying i heard his last cry,'
"If you were here lovely Nancy, I'd be willing to die;"
And as i told her this story, in anguish she flew,
And the more that i told her the paler she grew.
So i smiled on my Nancy, 'twas i broke your heart,
In your father's garden, that day we did part;
And this is a truth, and the truth i declare,
Oh, here's your love token the gold ring i wear.'