Fairport Convention - Three drunken maidens

There ^Gwere three drunken ^Cmai^Gdens, lived on the ^DIsle of ^GWight They drank from Monday ^Cmorning, didn't ^Gstop till ^DSaturday ^Gnight When ^AmSaturday night came round, me boys, the ^Ggirlies wouldn't go ^Dout ^GThese three drunken ^Cmai^Bmdens kept ^Gpushing the ^Djug a^Gbout

Then in comes bouncing ^CSal^Gly with a face as ^Dred as a ^Gbloom "Move up, me jolly ^Csisters, and ^Ggive your ^DSally some ^Groom For ^AmI'll be your equal be^Gfore the night is ^Dout" So ^Gnow four drunken ^Cmai^Bmdens, they ^Gpushed the ^Djug a^Gbout

There was woodcock and ^Cpheasant, ^Gpart^Dridge and ^Ghare And every kind of ^Cpie, me boys, no ^Gscarci^Dty was ^Gthere They'd ^Amforty quarts of beer all told, they ^Gfairly drunk it ^Dup ^GThese four drunken ^Cmai^Bmdens who ^Gpushed the ^Djug a^Gbout

Then ^Gin comes the ^Clandlord and he's ^Glooking ^Dfor his ^Gpay "I've a bill for forty ^Cknicker that you ^Glot have ^Dgot to ^Gpay" They ^Amhadn't got the money and ^Gstill they wouldn't go ^Dout ^GThese four drunken ^Cmai^Bmdens kept ^Gpushing the ^Djug a^Gbout

Now ^Gwhere are your ^Cfeathered ^Ghats, your mantles ^Dcrisp and ^Gfine? "They've all been swallowed ^Cup, me boys, in ^Gtankards ^Dof good ^Gwine" And ^Amwhere are your maidenheads, you ^Gmaids so brisk and ^Dgay? "We ^Gleft them in the ^Cpublic ^Bmhouse, we ^Gdrank them ^Dclean a^Gway"