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