SONG: THE YOUNG SLAVER
ARTIST: JONATHAN BYRD
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:
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THE YOUNG SLAVER
JONATHAN BYRD
INTRO:
VERSE:
Oh my dear, you prepare, are you going anywhere?
Oh my dear, back from town, are you to a vessel bound,
Off to war on an angry sea?
VERSE:
Fairest one, I love you, this is something I must do
Fairest one, if I stay, then your honor I d betray
So I seek lesser company
VERSE:
Oh my dear, please don t leave, there are tears upon my sleeve
Oh my dear, if you go, down the archipelago
You will never return to me
VERSE:
Fairest one, let me go, for you know I love you so
Fairest one, I ll return and your marriage I will earn
With promotion and bravery
VERSE:
Oh my dear, you are gone, I will mourn you ere the dawn
All the young and the brave are the first to find their grave
In Her Majesty s company
VERSE:
Fairest one never knew what I m really set to do
Fairest one I never told, trading slaves for rum and gold
To win her from her family
VERSE:
Oh my dear, I have dreams, in the night I hear the screams
Oh my dear, in those lands, you have blood upon your hands
And your soul is in jeopardy
VERSE:
Fairest one of my land, I do not deserve your hand
Fairest one, like a fool, I have been the devil s tool
And my soul is in jeopardy
VERSE:
Oh my dear, I have learned, all the ships of war returned
Oh my dear, as you know, they did not return with you
So I made you a grave by the sea
VERSE:
Fairest one, I have sins rum or gold could never cleanse
Fairest one, in the deep, I will lay my self to sleep
And make me a grave of the sea
OUTRO:
NOTE:
When Jonathan Byrd plays this song live he plays in a different key.
He then CAPO S at the 4th fret and plays the following:
NO CAPO CAPO 4th FRET