{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":5338842,"song":"The Rambling Siúler","artist":"Planxty","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11181895-the-rambling-siuler-tab-by-planxty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/5338842?type=tab","rating":0.03699,"votes":0,"content":"The Rambling Siúler\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the highland lads have come to town,[/tab]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Highland Lads Have come to town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand landed in headquarters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe colonel fell for a pretty little girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe farmer’s only daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe general bet five thousand pounds,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe colonel wouldn’t dress up in a beggars gown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould she travel the world to go around and round,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwould she go with the rambling siúler[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe colonel started out next day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ndressed in beggars clothing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt wasn’t long til he found his way,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto the farmer’s lowly dwelling,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“Oh farmer shelter me for the night,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ll sleep in your barn until daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTake pity on a beggar’s awful plight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGod help a rambling siúler”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe farmer said, “The night is wet,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyou can come to the kitchen fire ”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe colonel says to the serving maid,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n “you I do admire,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould you leave them all and come with me,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nleave them all my stor mo chroi”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“What a lusty beggar you would be,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\naway with the rambling siúler!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe farmer and his servants all,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey fell into loud laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen who came tripping down the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut the farmer’s only daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe’d two bright eyes like the morning skies,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsoon as the beggar he did her spy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe fairly caught his rambling eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“She’ll be mine,” says the rambling siúler[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the farmer and his servants all,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey went out to the byre[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe put his arm around her waist,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas they sat by the kitchen fire,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe put his hand upon her knee,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nunto her gave kisses three,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSays she “How dare you make so free,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it’s you but a rambling siúler”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen supper it was over,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthey made his bed in the barn-o[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBetween two sacks and a winnow cloth,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor fear that he’d do harmo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt twelve o’clock that very night,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe came to the barn, she was dressed in white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe beggar rose in great delight,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“She’s mine,” says the rambling siúler[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he threw off his beggar’s clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe threw them against the wall-o[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe stood the bravest gentleman,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat was among them all-o[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWill you look at my locks of golden hair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nunder this sooty old hat I wear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n“I’m a colonel bold I do declare,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand none but a rambling siúler”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“And I wouldn’t for one hundred pounds,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat you and I would be found here[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould you travel around the whole night long,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand go with the rambling siúler,”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo it’s off to the general’s house they’ve gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\ngreat is the wager he has won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSalute them both with the fife and the drum,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe’s away with the rambling siúler[/tab]","plain_text":"The Rambling Siúler\n\n\nF C G C","chords":["C","G","F"]}