Key: G major
Verse 1
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It was on a summer's morning,
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All in the month of May,
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Down by the banks of Clawdee,
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I carelessly did stray.
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I overheard a fair maid,
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In sorrow did complain,
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All about her absent lover,
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who ploughed the raging main
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I stepped up unto her,
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and gave her a big surprise
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I hoped she wouldn't know me,
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I said, my pretty fair maid,
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How far d 'you mean to wander
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this dark and dreary night?
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It's to the banks of Clawdee,
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if you'll be kind to show
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Take pity on a fair maid
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who knows not where to go
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I'm searching for a young man,
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and Johnny is his name
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And on the banks of Clodagh,
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I'm told he does remain
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These are the banks of Clodagh
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They're made your standing hard
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But don't depend on Johnny
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For he's a false young man
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But don't depend on Johnny
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For he'll not meet you here
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But tarry with me by yon green woods
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No danger need you fear
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If Johnny he was here this night
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He'd keep me from all harm
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He's in the field of battle,
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all in his uniform
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He's in the field of battle,
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and his foes he does destroy
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Like the loyal King of Honour,
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All on the wars of Troy
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It's six long weeks of battle,
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Since Johnny left this shore
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Acrossing the wide ocean,
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where foaming billows roll
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Acrossing the wide ocean,
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for honour and for fame
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But I'm told his ship got wrecked,
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high to the coast of Spain
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Now when she heard this dreadful news,
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she flew in deep despair
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A ringing of her hands
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and a tearing of her hair
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Saying, if my Johnny's drownded,
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no man alive I'll take
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Through moats and shades and valleys,
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I'll wander for his sake
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Now when he saw her loyalty,
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he could no longer stand
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He flew into her arms, crying,
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Betsy, I'm your man
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Crying, Betsy, I'm the young man,
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the cause of all your pain
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Claudibank
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We'll never part again
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