[ Предположительная тональность: C ] F Cm C F [Verse] F Cm C F There are two young lovers, they're pledged to each other's hands, F Cm C F They meet by the river, to talk of their marriage plans. F Cm C F "I'm confessing," he said, "I've signed for a soldier, F Cm C I'm leaving tomorrow for some foreign land." [Chorus] G F F She watches the pretty young soldiers, G F F As they march themselves off to the war. G F F She wonders if she'll ever see him again, G F C Somehow she doubts it, but she has to be sure. [Verse] F Cm C F So she rode into town on the very next day, F Cm C F And dressed herself up all in man's array. F Cm C F With a sword and a musket she took the King's shilling, F Cm And to fight in some foreign war, C She said, "Yes!," she'd be willing. [Chorus] G F F All you pretty young soldiers, G F F In those uniforms that you've never worn. G F F The Captain will come to inspect you all now, G F C "Let me down and you'll all wish you'd never been born." [Verse] F Cm C F The Captain astride of his horse's grey flanks, F Cm C F Pulls the pretty young soldier from out of the ranks. F Cm C F His gaze it is fixed and she's starting to shake, F C F He said, "Follow me soldier and listen to the offer that I'm willing to make." [Chorus] G F F "Come you pretty young soldier, G F F Come and be my right hand. G F F You're having this strange effect on my soul, G F C That I don't quite understand." [Bridge] F Cm "Captain, oh Captain, I've a confession to make, C F I love someone else and my heart it will break." F Cm And as she released her brown hair from a band, C F It tumbled all down her shoulders and into his hands. [Chorus] G F F "Oh you pretty young soldier, G F F Come and take my right hand. G F F You're having this strange effect on my soul, F F And now I think, I understand."