Let him go let him tarry
Ruby Murray
[A] [D] [Last line of chorus]
[Chorus]
D D G D
Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim,
A A A D
he doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him.
D D G D
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
A A A D
for I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
[Verse] 1
D G D
Farewell to cold winter, summers come at last
A D
Nothing have I gained but my true love I have lost
D G D
I'll sing and I'll be happy like a bird upon a tree
A D
For since he has left me I care no more for he
[Chorus]
D D G D
Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim,
A A A D
he doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him.
D D G D
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
A A A D
for I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
[Verse 2]
D D G D
Bridget was a colleen with an independent air
A A A D
and Bridget had a sweetheart who was gay and debonair.
D D G D
He would woo her, court her, jilt her nearly ev'ry other day
A D
'till finally Miss Bridget was heard at last to say
[Chorus]
D D G D
Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim,
A A A D
he doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him.
D D G D
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
A A A D
for I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
[Verse 3]
D D G D
He can go to his old mother and set her mind at ease
A A A D
for she's an old, old woman and very hard to please.
D D G D
She can say that I am flighty as she has always done
A A A D
'cause I don't want to marry her great big ugly son.
[Chorus]
D D G D
Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim,
A A A D
he doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him.
D D G D
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
A A A D
for I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
[Bridge]
G D E7 A
Let him go, let him go, let him go let him tarry let him go
[Chorus]
D D G D
Let him go, let him tarry, let him sink or let him swim,
A A A D
he doesn't care for me nor I don't care for him.
D D G D
He can go and get another that I hope he will enjoy
A A A D
for I'm goin' to marry a far nicer boy.
[Outro]
A D
For I’m goin’ to marry a far nicer boy