John Pierre
            By Tom Vance

      Key of G

    
      G                                 C

 Chorus

   John Pierre was a troubadour,
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    Wandering high and low;
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    Singing songs of love my friends,
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    Where ever he would go.
     
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1.

   He was loved by a pretty girl,
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    Her name was Anne Marie,
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    But she was kin to the king you see,
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    And could love only royalty.
     

2.

  Pierre and Marie would meet at night,
    In the forest deep and dark;
    A whisper, a kiss, a love so strong,
    Each wished they hadn’t to part.
    But soon they went their separate ways,
    She home and him to strife,
    For since he was a vagabond,
    She’d never be his wife.
     
    Chorus
     

3.

  Then late one night, the king found out,
    To where Marie did go,
    So he sent men to follow her,
    And kill her crazy beau.
    But old Pierre, he could tell,
    That something was not right.
    So he rode up and he grabbed Marie,
    And they soon were out of sight.
     
    G  C  G  C  G  C  etc.

Spoken

   Ho, ho, zee ol’ Pierre, es crazy like zee fox, mais no?
     

4.

  And they rode low, and they rode high,
    And they rode far and wide.
    Pierre and Marie are happy now,
    For she’s his pretty bride.
     

Chorus

    Pierre and Marie are troubadours,
    Wandering high and low;
    Singing songs of love my friends,
    Where ever they may go, and go, and go, and go,
    Where ever they may go.
     
     
    Words and music by Tom Vance, © 1965.
    This was my first song.