Intro and in between the verses :   Am    G    (play all chords barré on 5th and 3rd fret)

1.
         Am                    G                             
In the bright sunny south, in peace and content
       Am                    G
These days of my boyhood I scarcely have spent
          Am                          G
From the deep flowing spring to the broad flowing streAm
      Am                                G                    
Ever dear to my memory, sweeter is my dreAm



2.
   Am                     G
I lay my confinement and comfort of life
     Am                     G
The dangers of warfare, provision and strife
        Am                        G
I have come to come close and reply with my word
       Am                            G
As I shoulder my musket, belted my sword


3.
    Am                      G
My father looked sad as he bid me to part
    Am                     G
My mother embraced me with anguish of heart
        Am                      G
And my beautiful sister looked pale in her woe
       Am                                    G
As she hugged me and blessed me, told me to go


4.
      Am                      G
Dear father, dear father for me do not weep
       Am                 G
I'm a lonesome man and I mean for to keep
     Am                 G
The dangers of war I intend for to share
         Am                                G
And for sickness and death I intend to prepare


5.
      Am                      G
Dear mother, dear mother for me do not weep
       Am                   G
For a mother´s kind voice I ever will keep
         Am                         G
You have taught me be brave from a boy to a man
         Am                                 G
And I'm going in defense of her own native land


6.
     Am                         G
Dear sister, dear sister, I'm afeared of your woe
       Am                          G
Your grief and your sorrow, they trouble me so
Am                    G
I must be going, for here I cannot stand
     Am                                 G
I'm going in defense of her own native land