Key: Gb major
Verse 1
D
D
One evening fair to take the air
Down by Blackwater side
D
It was gazing all, all around me
C
D
D
Towards the Ir ish lad I spied
Verse 2
D
All through the first part of that night
Well, we lie in sport and play
Then this young man,
D
he arose and gathered his clothes
He said, "Fare thee well
today"
D
Verse 3
Well, that's not the promise
that you gave to me
When first you lay on my bed
You could make me believe
with your lying tongue
C
D
That the sun rose in the west
D
Verse 4
Then go home,
D
go home to your father's garden
You go home and weep your fill
And you think of your own
D
misfortune
That you brought with your
wanton will
D
Verse 5
For there's not a girl in this
whole world wide
D
As easily led as I
Sure, it's fishes they'll fly
D
and the seas run dry
D
Tis then you'll marry I
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