Young Folk Song Book, Simon & Schuster, 1961, p 100ff, with guitar tab, as played by Peggy Seeger and arranged by Hally Wood (but note that the tab is actually written in Am, capo 3, evidently where Ms Seeger pitched it, and instructions to capo 7 for the piano key) When [Em] I first came to [Bm] town They [Em] called me the roving [D] jewel [Em]Now they've changed their [Em7] tune They [G]call me Katy Cruel O [Em] diddle lolly ay O [G] little [B7]lye o {Em] day [G B7] [Em]Oh that I was what I [B] would be [Em] Than for to be what I [B7] am not [Em] Here am I where I must be [G] Go where I would I cannot [B7] O [Em] diddle lolly ay O little [B] lye o [Em] day [B Em]
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