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