Geordie (Child 209)

Intro C G F C C C G C C G G F C C F Verse C G F C As I walked out over London Bridge C C G On a misty morning early C C G G I overheard a fair pretty maid F C C F Crying for the life of her Geordie C G F C "Saddle me a milk white steed C C G Bridle me a pony C C G G And I’ll ride down to London town F C C F And I’ll beg for the life of my Geordie” C G F C And when she came to the courthouse steps C C G The poor folks numbered many C C G G A hundred crowns she passed around F C C F Saying, “Pray for the life of my Geordie” C G F C “He never stole a mule or a mare C C G He never murdered any C C G G If he shot one of the king’s wild deer F C C F It was only to feed his family” C G F C And then she strode through the marble hall C C G Before the judge and the jury C C G G Down on her bended knee she falls F C C F Crying for the life of her Geordie C G F C “He never stole, he never slew C C G He never murdered any C C G G He never injured any of you F C C F Spare me the life of my Geordie” C G F C The judge looked over his left shoulder C C G He says, “I’m sorry for thee C C G G My pretty fair maid, you’ve come too late F C C F He’s been condemned already” C G F C “But six pretty babes I had by him C C G The seventh one lies in my body C C G G And I would bear them all over again F C C F If you give me the life of my Geordie” C G F C “Your Geordie will hang in a silver chain C C G Such as we don’t hang many C C G G And he’ll be laid in a coffin brave F C C F For your six fine sons to carry” C G F C “I wish I had you in the public square C C G The whole town gathered around me C C G G With my broadsword and a pistol too F C C F I’d fight you for the life of my Geordie”