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Martinmas Time by Karan Casey
Martinmas Time
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
[Intro]
C F C G C F C
C F C G C Em D G
[Verse]
C F C G
It fell out upon one Martinmas time
C F C
When snow lay on the border
F C G
There came a troop of soldiers here
Am G
To take up their winter quarters
[Verse]
C F C G
And they road high and they rode north
C F C
And they rode o'er the border
F C G
And there they met with a nice, little girl
Am G
She was a farmer's daughter
[Chorus]
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
[Verse]
C F C G
'Cause they made her swear a solemn oath
C F C
A salt tear in her eye
F C G
That she would come to the quarter gates
Am G
When no one would her spy
[Verse]
C F C G
But she's gone to the barber's shop
C F C
And to the barber's shop went soon
F C G
She bade them cut off her long, yellow hair
Am G
As short as any dragoon
[Verse]
C F C G
And she's gone to the tailor's shop
C F C
And dressed in soldier's clothes
F C G
With two long pistols down by her side
Am G
A nice little boy was she
[Chorus]
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
[Instrumental]
C F C G C F C
C F C G C Em D G
[Verse]
C F C G
And she's gone to the quarter gates
C F C
And loudly she does call
F C G
"There comes a troop of soldiers here
Am G
We must have lodgings all"
[Verse]
C F C G
And the quartermaster, he comes down
C F C
He gives her half a crown-o
F C G
"Go find your lodgings in the town
Am G
Tonight there is no room"
[Chorus]
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
[Verse]
C F C G
So she moved closer to the gates
C F C
And louder she does call
F C G
"Room, room, you gentlemen
Am G
We must have lodgings all"
[Verse]
C F C G
And the quartermaster, he comes down
C F C
He gives her eighteen pence-o
F C G
"Go find your lodgings in the town
Am G
Tonight here comes a wench-o"
[Chorus]
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
[Instrumental]
C F C G C F C
C F C G C Em D G
[Verse]
C F C G
So she took a pistol from her side
C F C
She blew it loud and shrill-o
F C G
"You're all very free with your eighteen pence
Am G
Now you're not for a girl at all"
[Verse]
C F C G
And she took the garter from her knee
C F C
The ribbon from her hair-o
F C G
She tied them 'round the quarter gates
Am G
A token she'd been there-o
[Verse]
C F C G
And when they found that it was her
C F C
They tried to have her taken
F C G
She slapped her spurs to her horse's side
Am G
She galloped home a maiden
[Chorus]
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle didle deedle dum
F G
It's the rum-dum deedle deedle dum-dum
[Outro]
C F C G C F C
C F C G C Em D G
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