Karan Casey - Roger The Miller

      Karan Casey - Roger The Miller


Capo 4



[Verse 1]
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Young Roger the miller came courting of late
                                   Em        C
To a farmer's fine daughter called beautiful Kate
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She had for her fortune a many fine things
Am                        D
Beautiful silks and gold, diamonds and rings
    G          D          C            Bm
Her father, he gave her a neat plot of ground
        Em
She had also a fortune
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She had also a fortune of five hundred pounds

[Verse 2]
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Then the money and supper, they both were laid down
                                  Em           C
Well, it was a great sight to see five hundred pounds
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The sight of that money and beauty likewise
     Am                       D
Made Roger's heart greedy and dazzled his eyes
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"Now that your daughter and money is here
     Em
'Tis I will not have her
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'Tis I will not have her without that grey mare"

[Verse 3]
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Then the money and supper were taken from sight
                              Em            C
And likewise young Kathy, his own heart's delight
G                   Bm
Roger was taken and shown out the door
    Am                      D
And ordered not for to come there anymore
      G           D           C           Bm
'Twas then he did tear at his long yellow hair
           Em
Saying, "I wish I had never
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I wish I had never spoke of that grey mare"

[Verse 4]
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Now it was when six months, they were over and past
                         Em           C
And Roger the miller, he met with his lass
   G                         Bm
"I think I do know you then, madam," said he
   Am                        D
"I am the same way with you, sir," said she
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"A man with your features with fine yellow hair
       Em
Oh, he once came a-courting
   C           Bm          D             G
He once came a-courting my father's grey mare"

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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"Well, it was not a-courting the grey mare I came
                          Em       C
But you, my own jewel, my Kathy by name
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I thought that your father would never dispute
   Am                         D
To give me the grey mare with you to boot
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And not to risk lose such a dutiful son
         Em
Oh, it's now I am sorry
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It's now I am sorry for what I have done"

[Verse 6]
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"For your sorrow, young Roger, I have little regard
                                  Em         C
For there's plenty of men in this town to be had
   G                                  Bm
If you forgot the grey mare, you'd be married, you see
    Am                       D
But now you have neither the grey mare nor me
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The price of that mare, it was never so great
    Em
Oh, fare you well, Roger
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Oh, fare you well, Roger, you're a sorrowful state"

[Verse 7]
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Now Roger's away to his desolate home
                                  Em        C
And he sighs as he sits there and sups all alone
G                        Bm
Kathy, she sings, she is happy and gay
        Am                     D
She has wed a young miller who works the long day
G                 D            C       Bm
Lads, when you're courting, be always aware
   Em
To court with a young maid
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To court with a young maid and not the grey mare

[Outro]
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