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