Key: G
Introduction: G C G C G D G
G
A crowd of young fellas one night at a ball
C G
Were telling of sweethearts they?d had
C G
All seemed jolly except one lad
D G
Who seemed downhearted and sad
G
Come join us Ned his comrades then said
C G
Surely some girl has loved you
C G
Then raising his head proudly he said
D G
I?m in love with two
G
One has hair of silver gray
C G
The other one is just like gold
C G
One is young and youthful too
D
The other is aged and old
G
But dearer than life are they both to me
C G
From neither would I part
C G
One is my mother God bless her I love her
D G
The other one is my sweetheart
G
My sweetheart is a poor working girl
C G
Whom I?m determined to wed
C G
Father says no it will never be so
D
You must marry an heiress instead
G
Mother was young she knows how it is
C G
When father met her she was poor
C G
Ned don?t fret she?ll be your wife yet
D G
For he will consent I am sure
G
One has hair of silver gray
C G
The other one is just like gold
C G
One is young and youthful too
D
The other is aged and old
G
But dearer than life are they both to me
C G
From neither would I part
C G
One is my mother God bless her I love her
D G
The other one is my sweetheart