When I Was on Horseback Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
When I was on horseback
By Marcel Veltman
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.
When [Am]I was on horseback, w[G]asn't I pretty
When [Am]I was on horseback, w[C]asn't I [Am]gay
Wasn't I pretty when I entered Cork [C]city
And met with my d[G]ownfall on the fourteenth of [Am]may
S[Am]ix jolly soldiers to c[G]arry my coffin
S[Am]ix jolly soldiers to m[C]arch by my [Am]side
It's six jolly soldiers take a b[C]unch of red [Am]roses
A[C]nd for to s[G]mell them as [Em]we go al[Am]ong
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
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