{INTRO:] G

[VERSE 1:]
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My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind
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And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"
        F                 G      C            G
And she stepped away from me and this she did say
    C           G                F           G
"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day"


[VERSE 2:]
    C            G               F                G
She stepped away from me and she went through the fair
    F        G                C              G
And fondly I watched her move hither, move there
        F              G             C         G
And she turned her way homeward with one star awake
       C           G             F        G
As the swan in the evening moves over the lake


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[VERSE 3:]
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The people were saying, "No two were e'er wed
    F         G           C         G
But one had a sorrow that never was said"
        F             G                  C             G
And she smiled as she passed me with her goods and her gear
    C            G           F         G
And that was the last that I saw of my dear


[VERSE 4:]
     C              G         F              G
Last night she came to me, my true love came in
        F          G         C            G
And she came in so easy, her feet made no din
       F              G         C            G
As she laid her hands on me and this she did say
    C           G                F           G
"It will not be long, love, 'til our wedding day


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[OUTRO:]
    C           F       G
No, it won't be long my love"
    C           F       G
No, it won't be long my love"
    C           F       G
No, it won't be long my love"