Steeleye Span When I was on horseback By Marcel Veltman I am surprised to see nothing of this British Folk band on UG. In their days they were mentioned next to Fairport Convention as the other band which dared to bring electrical instruments into traditional folk. In fact, it was ex-Fairport member Ashley Hutchings who was among the founding fathers. Lead singer Maddy Prior was considered by some to be better then Sandy Denny. She could certaintainly raise more goose-flesh. Somewhere around 1975, with 'All around my Hat', they even brought a hitsingle up in the charts. Such a feat was never accomplished by Fairport. Not intended to play along with the original record, but to allow the singer/guitarplayer to do the song before his or her own audience. The chords in the first verse were those I found right away, the second verse contains those I found while experimenting a bit. You can do it either way, or change from one to the other through the song. Am G When I was on horseback, wasn't I pretty Am C Am When I was on horseback, wasn't I gay C Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork city G Am And met with my downfall on the fourteenth of may Am G Six jolly soldiers to carry my coffin Am C Am Six jolly soldiers to march by my side C Am It's six jolly soldiers take a bunch of red roses C G Em Am And for to smell them as we go along Beat the drum slowly and play the pipes only Playing the deadmarch as we go along And bring me to Tipperary and lay me down easy I am a young soldier that've never done wrong Instrumental break Repeat first verse