Polly on the ShoreFairport Convention (Nine)By AnsobelHow many British folk traditionals are there about that promising young man who becomesa pirate and then leads a short and wretched life before suffering a cruel death? This isone of them. I could only figure out the basic chords, however, and not the beautifullguitar part as it was played by Jerry Donahue on the original recording.C G DCome all you wild young menC F GAnd a warning take by leadC Am F EmNever lead your single life astrayC G DOr into bad companyAs I myself have doneBeing all in the month of mayWhen I was pressed by a sea captainA privateer to trayTo the East Indies we were boundTo plunder the region mainAnd it's many a brave and a gally and shipWe sent to a watery graveOff a freeport we did steerOur provisions to renewWhen we did spy a bold man of warsailing three feet toward tooAnd she fired in cross our bowHeave through and don't refuseSurrender now into our commandOr else your lives you'll loseAnd our decks they were splattered with bloodAnd our canons did loudly roarAnd broadside and broadside a long time we laidUntil we could fire no moreC D GAnd a thousand times I quested myself againC G DFor the love of me Polly on the shore(Instrumental break. Ominous sounds by Jerry on the Tele, Swarb' on the strings and Peggon the bass, with a slow and steady basis laid bij Dave the drums and Trevor on acoustic.Do try this at home)She's a tall and a slender girlWith a dark and a golden eyeAnd here am I am bleeding on the deckAnd for us we say must lieAnd farewell me family and friendsLikewise my Polly tooI would never have sailed the salt sea wideIf I had been ruled by youAnd a thousand times I saw myself againFor the love of me Polly on the shore
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