Banks of the bann chords by Shirley Collins
Verse 1
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When first to this
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country a stranger I came,
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I laid my affections on a girl
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that was young.
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She'd been fair and tender,
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her waist small and tender,
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Fond nature had formed her,
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for my ever young.
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On the banks of the
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Dan, it was there I first met her.
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She appeared like an angel, or
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Egypt's fair queen.
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Her eyes were like diamonds or
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stars brightly shining
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She's one of the fairest in
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the world that I've seen
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It was her cruel parents that
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first caused a variance
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Because they are rich
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and above my degree
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But I'll do my endeavor to
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gain my love's favor
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Al though she is come of a high family
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My name is
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Delaney
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It's a name that won't shame me
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And if I'd saved money
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I would never have liked
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But drinkin' and sportin'
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Night ramblin' and portin'
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Are the cause of only ruin
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And absence from home
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Now had I the riches that are in the
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Indies, I'd put rings on her
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fingers and gold in her ears,
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And there on the banks of
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the lonely bend river
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In all kinds of splendor
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I'd live with my dear.
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Banks of the bann
Shirley collins
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