John Riley
Joan Baez

Capo 3
(the chords below are the forms, so Am is really Cm, etc.)
Listen to the recording for arpeggiations of some of the chords and patterns.

Am                  D      Am
Fair young maid all in a garden
Am                D       Am
Strange young man, passerby
      C                          G
Said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
        Bm                Am
This then, sir, was her reply.

"Oh no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee,
For I've a love who sails all on the seas,
He's been gone for seven years.
Still no man shall marry me."

"What if he's in some battle slain?
Or drowned in the deep salt sea?
What if he's found another love;
and he and his love both married be?"

"If he's in some battle slain,
I will die when the moon doth wain.
If he's drowned in the deep salt sea,
I'll be true to his memory."

"And if he's found another love,
and he and his love both married be;
I wish them health and happiness,
where they dwell across the sea."

He picked her up all in his arms,
and kisses gave her, one, two, three;
saying "Weep no more, my own true love;
I am your long lost John Riley."
Saying "Weep no more, my own true love;
I am your long lost John Riley."