Steeleye Span - Underneath her apron

A ^Cpretty young girl all ^Fin the month of ^GMay ^GA gathering rushes just at the break of day But be^Amfore she's come home, she has ^Gborn a little son And she's ^Crolled him all ^Gunderneath her ^Cap^Gron

All ^Cin the first part of the night, when ^Fall were fast a^Gsleep ^GThis pretty little baby, oh, it began to weep "Oh, ^Amwhat's that little babe that's a-^Gcrying out so shrill In the ^Cbedroom a^Gmong the pretty ^Cmai^Gdens?"

"Oh ^Cfather, dear father, it's ^Fnothing then," said ^Gshe "^GIt's just a little bird that my sister gave to me And I'll ^Ambuild for it a nest and I'll ^Gwarm it on my breast So that ^Cit won't wake you ^Gearly in the ^CMay ^Gmorning"

All ^Cin the last part of the night, when ^Fthey were fast a^Gsleep ^GThis pretty little baby, again began to weep "Oh, ^Amwhat's that little babe that's ^Gcrying out so clear In the ^Cbedroom a^Gmong the pretty ^Cmai^Gdens?"

"Oh ^Cfather, dear father, it's ^Fnothing then" said ^Gshe "^GIt's just a little baby that someone gave to me Let it ^Amlie, let it sleep this ^Gnight along o' me And I'll ^Ctell to you its ^Gdaddy in the ^CMay ^Gmorning"

"Oh, ^Cwas it by a black man or ^Fwas it by a ^Gbrown ^GOr was it by a ploughing-boy, a-ploughing up and down That ^Amgave you the stranger you ^Gwear with your new gown That you've ^Crolled up ^Gunderneath your ^Cap^Gron?'

"It ^Cwasn't by a black man and it ^Fwasn't by a ^Gbrown ^GBut it was by a sailor lad, that ploughs the watery main And was ^Amhim gave me the stranger I ^Gwear with my new gown That I've ^Crolled up ^Gunderneath me ^Cap^Gron"

"Oh, ^Cwas it in the kitchen got, or ^Fwas it in the ^Ghall? ^GOr was it in the cowshed or up against the wall? I ^Amwish I had a firebrand to ^Gburn the building down Where you ^Cmet with ^Ghim on a ^CMay ^Gmorning"

"It ^Cwasn't in the kitchen-room got, it ^Fwasn't in the ^Ghall ^GIt wasn't in the cowshed, nor up again the wall It was ^Amdown by yonder spring, where them ^Gpretty birds do sing That I ^Cmet with ^Ghim on a ^CMay ^Gmorning"