Banks of claudy chords by Alex Campbell
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It
Verse 1
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was on a summer's morning
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Down through some flowery
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gardens I carelessly did stray.
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I overheard a damsel in
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sorrow to complain,
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All for her absent lover that
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ploughed the
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I stepped up unto her and put her in surprise I
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swear she did not know me, I being all in
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disguise
Says
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I, my handsome maiden,
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my joy and heart's
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How far must you then wander
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this dark and dreary night?
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Just to the banks of
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Clodagh,
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if you'll be pleased to show
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Take pity on a fair maid,
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it's there I have to go
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In search of a faithless young man, and
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Johnny is his name,
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And on the banks of
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Cloddy, I am told,
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he does remain.
These are the banks of
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Cloddy, young mate, whereon you stand,
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But do not trust your
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Johnny, for he's a false young man.
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No, do not trust your
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Johnny, he will not meet you here.
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So come with me to the meadows,
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and nothing need you fear.
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Johnny were here this night,
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he'd keep me from all harm
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But he's in the field of battle,
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all in his uniform
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He strives in the field of battle,
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his foes he will destroy
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Like a royal king of honour
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That fought on the banks of
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Troy
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Tis six long years are better
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Since
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Johnny left the shore
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He's cruising the main ocean
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Where foaming billows roar
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He's cruising the main ocean
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for honor and for gain
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But I'm told his ship was wrecked
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on the cruel coast of
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Spain
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Oh, when she heard this dreadful
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news she fell in deep despair
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A ringing of her milk -white hands
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and the tearing of her hair.
If my
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Johnny he be drowned dead,
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no man alive I'll take,
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Through lonesome groves and valley
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s I'll wander for his sake.
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When he saw her love for him,
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no longer could he stand
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He flew into her arms, saying,
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Patsy, I am your man
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I am your faithless young man,
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whom you thought lay slain
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Now since we're met on
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Claudibanks, we'll never part again.
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Banks of claudy
Alex campbell
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