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Young Fellow My Lad by Country Joe McDonald
CD: War! War! War! Live 2007 Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada
Origianl recording 1971 on Vanguard Records
Original Title: Young Fellow, My Lad
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7YySoPZk0
Music: Country Joe McDonald
Lyrics: Poem by Robert W. Service, British-born Canadian Ambulance Driver in France, WWI.
Standard Tuning
Key: G
[Intro--Harmonica]
G G G G
G G G G
G G G G
G G G G
C C C C
G G G G
G G G G
G D D G
[Intro-Guitar]
D C D G
[Verse 1]
G
"Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,
G
On this glittering morn of May ?"
G
"I'm going to join the Colors, Dad,
D G
They're looking for men, they say."
G C
"But you're only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad,
C G
You aren't obliged to go."
G
"Well, I'm seventeen and a quarter, Dad,
G D G C D C
And ever so strong, you know."
[Verse 2]
G
"So you're off to France, Young Fellow My Lad
G
And you're looking so fit and bright."
G
"I'm terribly sorry to leave you, dad,
G C G
But I feel that I'm doing right."
G
"God bless you and keep you, Young Fellow My Lad,
G C G
You're all of my life, you know."
G
"Don't worry. I'll soon be back, dear dad,
G D
And I'm awfully proud to go."
[Bridge--Harmonica]
G G G G
G D G G
[Bridge-Guitar]
C D C G
[Verse 3]
G
"Why don't you write, Young Fellow My Lad ?
G D G
I watch for the post each day;
G
And I miss you so and I'm awfully sad,
G D G
And it's months since you went away.
G C
And I've had the fire in the parlor lit,
C G
And I'm keeping it burning bright
G
Till my boy comes home, and here I sit
G D
Into the quiet night."
[Bridge]
C D C G
[Verse 4]
G
"What is the matter, Young Fellow My Lad ?
G D G
No letter again to-day.
G
Why did the postman look so sad,
G D
And sigh as he turned away ?
D C
Well, I hear them tell that we've gained new ground,
C G
But a terrible price we've paid:
G
God grant, my boy, that you're safe and sound;
G D G
But oh I'm afraid, afraid."
[Bridge-Harmonica]
G G D G
G C G G
[Brige--Guitar]
C D C G
[Verse 5]
G
"They've told me the truth, Young Fellow My Lad,
G
You'll never come back again:
G
(Oh God! the dreams and the dreams I've had,
G D G
And the hopes I've nursed in vain.)
G C
For you passed in the night, Young Fellow My Lad,
C G
And you proved in the cruel test
G
Of the screaming shell and the battle hell
G D G
That my boy was one of the best."
[Bridge]
C D C G
[Verse 6]
G
"So you'll live, you'll live, Young Fellow My Lad,
G
In the gleam of the evening star,
G
In the wood-note wild and the laugh of the child,
G
In all sweet things that are.
G D G
And you'll never die, my wonderful boy
G D G
While life is noble and true:
G
For all our beauty and hope and joy
G D G
We will owe to our lads like you."
[Outro]
C D C G
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