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D Am C G
[Verse]
D Am C GThere are two young lovers, they're pledged to each other's hands,
D Am C GThey meet by the river, to talk of their marriage plans.
D Am C G“I'm confessing,” he said, “I've signed for a soldier,
D Am CI'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land.”
[Chorus]
F G DShe watches the pretty young soldiers,
F G DAs they march themselves off to the war.
F G DShe wonders if she'll ever see him again,
F G ASomehow she doubts it, but she has to be sure.
[Verse]
D Am C GSo she rode into town on the very next day,
D Am C GAnd dressed herself up all in man's array.
D Am C GWith a sword and a musket she took the King's shilling,
D AmAnd to fight in some foreign war,
CShe said, “Yes!,” she'd be willing.
[Chorus]
F G DAll you pretty young soldiers,
F G DIn those uniforms that you've never worn.
F G DThe Captain will come to inspect you all now,
F G A“Let me down and you'll all wish you'd never been born.”
[Verse]
D Am C GThe Captain astride of his horse's grey flanks,
D Am C GPulls the pretty young soldier from out of the ranks.
D Am C GHis gaze it is fixed and she's starting to shake,
D C GHe said, “Follow me soldier and listen to the offer that I'm willing to make.”
[Chorus]
F G D“Come you pretty young soldier,
F G DCome and be my right hand.
F G DYou're having this strange effect on my soul,
F G AThat I don't quite understand.”
[Bridge]
D Am“Captain, oh Captain, I've a confession to make,
C GI love someone else and my heart it will break.”
D AmAnd as she released her brown hair from a band,
C GIt tumbled all down her shoulders and into his hands.
[Chorus]
F G D“Oh you pretty young soldier,
F G DCome and take my right hand.
F G DYou're having this strange effect on my soul,
G DAnd now I think, I understand.”
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