A-Rovin’ or the Amsterdam Maid
You can really have fun with this old standardC F C
In Amsterdam there lived a Maid
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Mark well what I do say!
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In Amsterdam there lived a maid
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And she was mistress of her trade
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I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maidChorus:
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A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ru-i-in
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I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maidC F C
One night I crept from my abode
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Mark well what I do say!
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One night I crept from my abode
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To meet this fair maid down the road
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I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid Chorus(The rest of the verses follow the same pattern:)
I met this fair maid after dark
And took her to her favorite park.I took this fair maid for a walk
And we had such a loving talk.I put my hand upon her knee
Sez she, "Young man you're rather free!"I put my hand upon her thigh
Sez she, "Young man you're rather high!"I put my hand upon her hip
Sez she, “Young man, that’s almost it!”
I put me arm around her waist
Sez she, "Young man, you're in great haste!"(Be creative... the verses go "up" from here... or ask the audience for suggestions *caution* may require some quick thinking on the part of the bard...)
She swore that she'd be true to me
But spent me pay-day fast and freeIn three weeks time I was badly bent
Then off to sea I sadly went.In a bloodboat Yank bound round Cape Horn
Me boots and clothes were all in pawnBound up Cape Stiff through ice and snow
And up the coast to Cally-oAn' then back to the Liverpool Docks
Saltpeter stowed in our boots an' socksNow when I got home from sea
A sojer had her on his knee.Repeat 1st verse...
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