Claudy Banks chords by Fairport Convention
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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'Twas on one
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summer's evening all in the month of May
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Down by a flowery garden
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I carelessly did stray
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I overheard a young maid in
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sorrow to complain
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All for her handsome sailor boy
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who ploughed the raging main
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Verse 2
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I boldly stepped up to her and
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put her in surprise
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I'll vow she did not know me,
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I being all in disguise
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Says, I'm a charming creature,
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my joy and heart's delight
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How far have you to travel
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this dark and stormy night?
Verse 3
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Away kind sir, to the Claudy Banks
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if you will please to show
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Pity her poor girl distracted,
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oh, there I have to go
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I am in search of a young man
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and Johnny is his name
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Along the banks of Claudy, I'm
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told he does remain
Verse 4
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'Tis six long moths on batter,
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since your true love left the shore
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In passing the wide ocean
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where French's cannons roar
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And crossing the wide ocean
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with honor and for gain
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I'm told his ship was wrecked all on the coast of Spain
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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On hearing of this dreadful news,
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it put her in despair
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With a wringing of her hands
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and a tearing of her hair
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Oh, since he's gone and left me,
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no other man I'll take
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Oh, on the banks of Claudy I'll
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wander for his sake
Verse 6
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Oh, my heart was filled with joy that night,
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I could no longer stand
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I fell into her arms, crying,
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"Betsy, I'm that man
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I am your faithful young man, whom
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once you thought was slain
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Now, since we've met on Claudy Banks, we'll never part again"
Outro 1
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Claudy Banks
Fairport Convention
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