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