The Widow Of Westmorland's Daughter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
There [D]was an old widow in Westmorland
who [C]had no daughter but [A]one
And [D]she has prayed both [G]night and day she
[A]should keep her maidenhead [D]long
"Ah, don't be daft, mother," she said,
"and [C]say no more to [A]me
For a [D]fine young man in the [G]Grenadier [A]Guards
my maidenhead's taken from [D]me"
"You saucy cat, you impudent cat,
a- [C]cursed [D]may you [G]be
If some [D]idle rogue in the [G]Grenadier Guards [A]your maidenhead's taken from
[D]thee"[A][D][A][G][D][Em][A][D][A][G]
[Em][A][D][A][G][Em][A][D][A][G]
[Em][A]
[D]But the girlie's off to the Grenadier
Guards as [C]fast as [Bm]go can s[A]he
Saying [D]"Give me back my [G]maiden[A]head,
my mother she nags at [D]me"
So he kissed her and undressed
her and he [C]laid her [G]on the [A]bed
And he [D]put her head where her [G]feet were be
[A]fore and [Bm]gave back her [A]maiden[D]head
Then he kissed her and he dressed
her with a [C]rose in [Bm]either [G]hand
In[D]vited her round to St. [G]Mary's [A]church to [Bm]see his [A]fine wed[D]ding[Em][D][G][Em][F#m]
[D][Em][F#m][G][Em][F#m][D][Bm][D][G][Em]
[F#m][D][Bm][Em][F#m][G][Em][F#m][D][A]
[D]Oh, the girlie's off to her mammy's
house as [C]fast as [D]go can [A]she
"I'm as [D]full a maiden, [G]mammy [A]dear,
as the day you first bore [D]me
He kissed me and undressed me
and he [C]laid me on the [A]bed
[D]Put my head where my [G]feet were be[A]fore
and he [Bm]gave back my [A]maiden[D]head
Then he kissed me and he dressed me,
put a [C]rose in [Bm]either [G]hand and
In[D]vited me round to St. [G]Mary's
[A]church to [Bm]see his [A]fine wed[D]ding
"Ah, never on foot," her mammy she said,
"in a [C]carriage and [Em]pair you'll [A]ride
With [D]four and twenty [G]fine young [A]girls to [Bm]go with y[A]ou bes[D]ide"[A][G][Em][A][D][A][G][Em][A][D][A][G][Em]
[A][D][A][G][Em][A][D][Em]
[A]
[D][A][D][Em]
[A][D][Bm][A][F#m][G][Em][F#m][D][Em]
[A][F#m][G][Em][F#m][D][Bm][A][D][G][Em][F#m][D][Em]
[F#m][G][Em][F#m][D][Bm]
[D]"Ah, who is this?" the bride she said,
"She [C]comes so high to me"
[A]"I [D]see it is the wid[G]ow's daughter who
[A]ran home and told [D]her mammy"
"How could she do it, how would she do it,
how [C]could she do it [A]for shame?
Elev[D]en long nights I [G]lay with a
[A]man and I [Bm]never told [A]anyone"
[D]"If eleven long nights you lay with a man,
you [C]never shall lie [A]with me
I'd [D]rather marry the [G]widow's [A]daughter
who [Bm]ran home and t[A]old [D]her mammy"