EARLY ONE MORNING
(Traditional)

As old as time itself.  Canadians of enough years (like me) know this music
best as the theme to the kids' TV show "The Friendly Giant".  Roger Whittaker
also did a version of the song with the lyrics.

As the quotation marks show, the song is in two (literary) voices.  All the
choruses (after each verse) are the maiden, as are the middle two verses.  But
the whole thing can be sung in male (singing) voice.

GG Piano Chord 
                       CC Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

1.   Early one morning, just as the sun was rising
GG Piano Chord 
                                CC Piano Chord 
        GG Piano Chord 

I heard a maiden singing, from the valley below:

[Chorus:]
DD Piano Chord 
         (C)     GG Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
     (C)      GG Piano Chord 

"Oh, don't deceive me, Oh never leave me,
GG Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

How could you use, a poor maiden so?"

2.   "Oh gay is the garland, and fresh are the roses,
I've culled from the garden, to bind upon thy brow."

3.   "Remember the vows, that you made to your Mary
Remember the bow'r, where you promised to be true."

4.   Thus sang the poor maid, her sorrows bewailing,
Thus, sang the poor maid, in the valley below:

[Repeat last line of chorus]

submitted by:
Ted Hermary