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The Game Of Cards by Maddy Prior & June Tabor
The Game Of Cards
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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As I was a-walking one midsummer's morning I heard the birds whistle and the nightingales play
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And there did I spy a beautiful maiden as I was a-walking all on the highway
[Verse]
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“O where are you going, my fair pretty lady? O where are you going so early this morn?”
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She said, “I'm going down to visit my neighbours, I'm going down to Warwick, the place I was born.”
[Verse]
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It's “May I come with you, my sweet pretty darling? May I go along in your sweet company?”
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Then she turned her head and smiling all at me saying “You may come with me, kind sir, if you please”
[Instrumental Verse]
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[Verse]
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We hadn't been walking but a few miles together before this young damsel began to show free
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She sat herself down, saying “Sit down beside me, and the games we shall play shall be one, two and three”
[Verse]
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I said “My dear lady, if you're fond of the gaming there's one game I know I would like you to learn
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The game it is called The Game of All Fours”, so I took out my pack and began the first turn
[Verse]
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She cut the cards first and I fell a-dealing, I dealt her a trump and myself the poor jack
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She led off her ace and stole my jack from me, saying “Jack is the card I like best in your pack.”
[Verse]
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“Since I dealt them last time, it's your turn to shuffle and my turn to show the best card in the pack.”
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Once more she'd the ace and the deuce for to beat me, once again I had lost when I laid down poor jack
[Instrumental Verse]
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[Verse]
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So I took up my hat and I bid her “Good morning”, I said “You're the best that I know at this game.”
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She answered, “Young man if you'll come back to-morrow
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We'll play the game over and over and over and over again.”
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