Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Csus4
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Csus4
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Csus4
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Csus4
C
Farewell,
Verse 1
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Am
Farewell, farewell to thee.
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G
MacPherson's song will not be long
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F
G
Upon the gallows tree.
Verse 2
C
G
"Say ron- ten- lee, say won- ten- lee,
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Am
Say don- ten- lee," played he.
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C
danced aroun'
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Verse 3
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Dm
G
Oh, little did my mother know,
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Am
When first she cradled me,
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Dm
That I would become a rovin' boy,
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C
F
G
And die on the gallows tree.
Verse 4
C
G
"Say ron- ten- lee, say won- ten- lee,
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Am
Say don- ten- lee," played he.
C
G
He played a tune and he
G
Verse 5
C
G
Untie these bands from off my hands,
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Am
And give to me my bow.
C
G
I've naught to leave my brave Scotland
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F
G
But a tune before I go.
Verse 6
C
G
"Say ron- ten- lee, say won- ten- lee,
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Am
Say don- ten- lee," played he.
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C
danced aroun'
Verse 7
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G
to see me hanged,
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Am
And some to steal my fiddle.
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G
But before that I do part with her
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F
G
I'll break her through the middle.
Verse 8
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G
He took the fiddle into both his hands,
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Am
He broke it o'er his knee,
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F
G
Shall ever play on thee."
Verse 9
C
G
"Say ron- ten- lee, say won- ten- lee,
He played a tune and he
danced aroun'
F
G
Below the gallows tree.
Verse 10
C
G
He played a tune and danced aroun',
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F
And they hanged him to
Outro 1
the tree.
Csus4
Csus4
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