Oh No, Not I     4/4     Stan Rogers     Turnaround  Submitted by Ken Lee
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A / Newfoundland / sailor went / walking on the / strand,
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He / spied a pretty, / fair young maid and / took her by the / hand.
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"Oh / will you go to / Newfoundland a - / long with me?" he / cried
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But the / answer that she / gave to him was /"Oh no, not / I." / / /

"If I were to / marry you, on / me 'twould be the / blame,
Your / friends and re - / lations would / scorn me to / shame,
If / you were born of / noble blood and / me of low de - / gree,
Do you / think that I would / marry you? It's / Oh no, not / me." / / /

Six months being / over and / seven coming / nigh,
This / pretty fair young / maiden, she be - / gan to look so / shy.
Her / corsets would not / meet and her / apron would not / tie,
Made her / think on all the / times when she said / "Oh no not / I". /

Eight months bein' / over and / nine comin' / on,
This / pretty fair young / maiden she / brought forth a / son.
She / wrote a letter / to her love to / come most speedi - / ly,
But the / answer that he / gave to her was "/ Oh no, not / me." /

Break: One verse instrumental (fiddle) plus 5 bars A

He / said "My pretty / fair maid, the / best thing / you can / do,
Is / take your child up - / on your back and a - / beggin' you may / go, and
It's / when that you get / tired you can / sit you down to / cry, and
Think on all the / times when you said / 'Oh no, not / I". /

So / come all you pretty / fair maids, a / warnin' take by / me,
Don't / ever put your / trust in the / green willow / tree.
For the / leaves they will / wither and the / root it will / die,
Make you / think on all the / times when you said / "Oh no, not / I". /

Last 4 lines instrumental (fiddle)