Sandy Denny - Banks of the nile

^DmOh h^Gark! the ^Cdrums do ^Ambeat, my love, ^Dmno longer ^Ccan we ^Dmstay. ^DmThe bugle-^Ghorns are ^Csounding ^Amclear, and ^Gwe must march ^Amaway. ^DmWe’re ordere^Gd down t^Co Portsmouth, and it'^Ams many is th^Ge wear^Amy mile. To ^Dmjoin the ^GBritish ^CArmy ^Amon the ^Dmbanks ^Cof the ^DmNile.

^DmOh W^Gillie, dearest ^CWilli^Ame, don’^Dmt leave m^Ce here t^Dmo mourn, ^DmDon’t mak^Ge me curse an^Cd rue th^Ame day tha^Gt ever I wa^Ams born. ^DmFor the ^Gparting ^Cof our love would be like ^Amparting ^Gwith my ^Amlife. So ^Dmstay at ^Ghome, my ^Cdearest ^Amlove, and ^DmI will ^Cbe your ^Dmwife.

^DmOh my ^GNancy, ^Cdearest ^AmNancy, sure ^Dmthat will ^Cnever ^Dmdo. ^DmThe govern^Gment has ^Cordered, and ^Amwe are ^Gbound to ^Amgo. ^DmThe govern^Gment has ^Cordered, and the ^AmQueen she ^Ggives ^Amcommand. And ^DmI am ^Gbound on ^Coath, my ^Amlove, to ^Dmserve in a ^Cforeign ^Dmland.

^DmOh, ^Gbut I’l^Cl cut off m^Amy yellow hair, an^Dmd I’ll^C go along w^Dmith you. ^DmI’ll dres^Gs myself i^Cn uniform, an^Amd I’ll ^Gsee Eg^Amypt too. ^DmI’l^Gl march b^Ceneath you^Amr banner whil^Ge fortune it d^Amo smile, And ^Dmwe’l^Gl comfor^Ct on^Ame another on th^Dme bank^Cs of th^Dme Nile.

^DmBut your ^Gwaist it is ^Ctoo ^Amslender, and your ^Dmfingers they ^Care too ^Dmsmall. ^DmIn the ^Gsultry ^Csuns of ^AmEgypt your ^Grosy cheeks would ^Amspoil. ^DmWhere the ^Gcannons they ^Cdo ^Amrattle, when the ^Gbullets they do ^Amfly, And ^Dmthe silver ^Gtrumpets ^Csound so ^Amloud to ^Dmhide the ^Cdismal ^Dmcries.

^DmOh, ^Gcursed ^Cbe those cruel ^Amwars, that ^Dmever ^Cthey ^Dmbegan, ^DmFor they have ^Grobbed our ^Ccountry of ^Ammanes the ^Ghandsome ^Ammen. ^DmThey’ve robbe^Gd us of ou^Cr swee^Amthearts while thei^Gr bodies they feed th^Ame lions, On the ^Dmdry and ^Gsandy ^Cdeserts ^Amwhich are the ^Dmbanks ^Cof the ^DmNile.