Eileen chords by
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
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Key: F major
Verse 1
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In a town on the sea
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by the castle Donain,
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The fairest of all was the maiden Irene.
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The bloom on her cheek
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was as fresh as the dew,
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And her heart to a
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young fisher lad he was true.
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At morn he would sail
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with the sun and the tide,
At eve would return
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to his promised young bride,
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And there on the shore
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she could hear it so plain,
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His voice in the wind
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singing soft this refrain,
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Eileen, my Eileen,
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oh, wait for me, my Eileen.
They were to be wed
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on a Sunday in May.
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In faith it was a joy
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to see Eileen so gay.
The morning before he
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set sail with the tide,
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But he never returned
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to his promised young bride.
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No, no, nevermore was her heart
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light and warm,
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A lover he died,
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yes, he died in a storm.
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They say that her heart it
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was broken in two
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The lovely Eileen,
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oh so young an d so true
And down by the shore,
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they who loved her the best
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By the rock where she waited,
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they let her to rest
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Oh, many the years
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that have passed since that day,
But maidens who wait
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for their lovers there say
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That still on the shore
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they can hear it so play
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His ghost in the wind,
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singing soft this free prayer.
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I leave you, my I leave you,
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away forever. I you.

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