F   C   F   G   (2x)

[Verse 1]
     F            C       F            C
This pretty young maid, I seek far and wide
   Am             Dm         F           G
My heartache each morn, with her I don't meet
       F         C        F             C
When I go to the bar, the dance hall or fete
        Am         G            F           C
But I'd follow her trail in the dead of the night


[Chorus]
    Am               Em       G        F
Now you're the young man that travels afar
Am        Dm        F          G
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
      Dm       C        F          G   C
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
         F         G              F  ~  ~   C     F  C  F  G
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life


[Verse 2]
         F            C             F        C
Have her youthful and fair, with no worry or care
Am          Dm        F            G
Patient and wise in affairs of all kind
F          C         F            C
Modest and mild, without too much pride
Am         G           F        C
That is my love if she hadn't a dime


[Chorus]
    Am               Em       G        F
Now you're the young man that travels afar
Am        Dm        F          G
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
      Dm       C        F              C
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
         F         G              F  ~  ~   C
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life


[Interlude]
F   C   F   G   (2x)


[Verse 3]
     F            C          F             C
Let no blemish or shame be attached to her name
Am        Dm        F         G
Honest in heart and gentle in mien
   F         C          F            C
No hatred or vice to be heard in her voice
    Am           G            F            C
But cheerful and smiling from morning 'til night


[Chorus]
    Am               Em       G        F
Now you're the young man that travels afar
Am        Dm        F          G
Find me a gem I can have as my wife
      Dm       C        F          G   C
Never yearn or pine for flocks nor for kine
         F         G              F  ~  ~   C     Am  G
And I'll conjure a plan that will charm her life
         F  ~  ~   C
And I'll charm her life