Verse
G#m
There was a wealthy merchant,
G#m
In London he did dwell.
G#m
He had an onli daughter,
D# G#m
And the truth to you I’ll tell.
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 2]
G#m
Her sweetheart left the country,
G#m
With trouble on his mind
G#m
G# leavin’ of his family
D# G#m
And his own true love behind.
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 3]
G#m
This girl, she dressed herself
G#m
All up in men’s array
G#m
And to the war department
D# G#m
Straight way she marched away
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 4]
G#m
“Your waist is slim and slender,
G#m
Your fingers they are small,
G#m
Your cheeks too red and rosy
D# G#m
To face the cannon ball.”
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 5]
G#m
“I know my waist is slender,
G#m
My fingers they are small
G#m
But it would not make me tremble
D# G#m
To see ten thousand fall.”
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 6]
G#m
When the war soon was over,
G#m
This girl, she searched the ground
G#m
Among the dead and wounded,
D# G#m
Till her own true love she found.
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.
[Verse 7]
G#m
This couple they got married,
G#m
So well they did agree
G#m
This couple, they got married
D# G#m
So, why not you and me.
D# G#m
Play the lily o, play the lily o.