Intro
F# C# F# G# (2x)
[Verse 1]
F# C# F# C#
This pretty young maid, I seek far and wide
A#m D#m F# G#
My heartache each morn, with her I don't meet
F# C# F# C#
When I go to the bar, the dance hall or fete
A#m G# F# C#
But I'd follow her trail in the dead of the night
[Chorus]
A#m Fm G# F#
Now you're the young man that travels afar
A#m D#m F# G#
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
D#m C# F# G# C#
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
F# G# F# ~ ~ C# F# C# F# G#
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life
[Verse 2]
F# C# F# C#
Have her youthful and fair, with no worry or care
A#m D#m F# G#
Patient and wise in affairs of all kind
F# C# F# C#
Modest and mild, without too much pride
A#m G# F# C#
That is my love if she hadn't a dime
[Chorus]
A#m Fm G# F#
Now you're the young man that travels afar
A#m D#m F# G#
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
D#m C# F# C#
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
F# G# F# ~ ~ C#
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life
[Interlude]
F# C# F# G# (2x)
[Verse 3]
F# C# F# C#
Let no blemish or shame be attached to her name
A#m D#m F# G#
Honest in heart and gentle in mien
F# C# F# C#
No hatred or vice to be heard in her voice
A#m G# F# C#
But cheerful and smiling from morning 'til night
[Chorus]
A#m Fm G# F#
Now you're the young man that travels afar
A#m D#m F# G#
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
D#m C# F# G# C#
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
F# G# F# ~ ~ C# A#m G#
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life
F# ~ ~ C#
And I'll charm her life