Wade Hemsworth

The Bad Girls Lament

Wade Hemsworth


Tom: Am

Am                  G
As I walked down to St. James' Hospital,
Am                 G         E
St. James Hospital early one day,
Dm      Am      G
There I spied my only daughter
Am                           G           Em
Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay.

[Chorus]

Am                     G
So beat your drums and play the fife lowly,
Am                             G        E
And play the dead march as you carry me along;
Dm             Am             G               Em
Take me to the churchyard and lay the sod over me,
Am                      G              Em
I am a young maid and I know I've done wrong.

[Verse 2]

Am                 G
Once in the street I used to look handsome;
Am                 G               E
Once In the street I used to dress gay;
Dm           Am         G                 Em
First to the ale house, then to the dance hall
Am                     G             Em
Then to the poor house and now to my grave.

[Chorus]

Am                     G
So beat your drums and play the fife lowly,
Am                             G        E
And play the dead march as you carry me along;
Dm             Am             G               Em
Take me to the churchyard and lay the sod over me,
Am                      G              Em
I am a young maid and I know I've done wrong.

[Verse 3]

Am                       G
Send for the preacher to pray o'er my body,
Am                     G          E
Send for the doctor to heal up my wounds,
Dm           Am          G             Em
Send for the young man I first fell in love with,
Am                   G             Em
That I might see him before I pass on.

[Chorus]

Am                     G
So beat your drums and play the fife lowly,
Am                             G        E
And play the dead march as you carry me along;
Dm             Am             G               Em
Take me to the churchyard and lay the sod over me,
Am                      G              Em
I am a young maid and I know I've done wrong.

[Verse 4]

Am                            G
Let six pretty maidens with a bunch of red roses,
Am                    G         E
Six pretty maidens to sing me a song,
Dm         Am             G            Em
Six pretty maidens with a bunch of red roses
Am                          G        Em
To lay on my coffin as they carry me along.

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