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