I have tabbed this in the key of A minor but I think the original is in F minor. I normally play it with capo at fret 2. Am G Am Three maidens a milking did go C Am7 G Three maidens a milking did go Am G Am G And the wind it did blow high, and the wind it did blow low Am G Am It tossed their petticoats to and fro Am G Am They met with some young man they know C Am7 G They met with some young man they know Am G Am G And they boldly ask-ed him, if he had any skill Am G Am To catch them a small bird or two Am G Am Oh yes I've a very good skill C Am7 G Oh yes I've a very good skill Am G Am G And it's come along with me, to yonder flowering tree Am G Am And I'll catch a small bird or two Am G Am So its off to the green woods went they C Am7 G And it's off to the green woods went they Am G Am G And he tapped at the bush, and the bird it did fly in Am G Am A little above her lily white knee ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steeleye_span/drink_down_the_moon_crd.html ) Am G Am Her sparkling eyes they did turn around C Am7 G Just as if she had been all in a swoon Am G Am G And she cried "I've a bird, and a very pretty bird Am G Am And he's pecking away at his own ground" Instrumental Am G Am Here's a health to the bird in the bush C Am7 G Here's a health to the bird in the bush Am G Am G And we'll drink up the sun, we'll drink down the moon Am G Am Let the people say little or much Am Em There is a thorn bush in our cale yard G There is a thorn bush in our cale yard Am G Am Am7 At the back o'thorn bush there lays a lad and lass G Am And they're busy busy fairing at the cuckoo's nest Am Em Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest G Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest Am G Am Am7 I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best G Am That'll rumple up the feathers in the cuckoo's nest Am Em It is thorn and it is prickle, it is compassed all around G It is thorn and it is prickle, and it isn't easy found Am G Am Am7 She said young man you blunder and I said it isn't true G Am And I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo Am Em Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest G Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest Am G Am Am7 I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best G ----- Am That'll rumple up the feathers ^in the cuckoo's nest.