Key: F major
Verse 1
F#m
C
F
The rain runs doon through
A
F#m
Maryland toon,
A
F#m
Say, does it doon the paw?
Gm
F#m
A
F#m
Say, does the lads o' Maryland toon
A
F#m
Dm
When they play at the bar?
E#
A
Aye, when I come in,
E#
A
Withoot my playfair's
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Gm
E#
nine.
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A
E#
F#m
She powed an apple, red and white,
A
F#m
To entice the young thing in.
Gm
F#m
A
E#
She powed an aple white and reed,
A
D
And that the sweet bairn did win.
F
Gm
G
Gm
And she has ta 'en out a little pen -knife,
Dm
Gm
Dm
An d low doon by her gear,
Gm
F#m
F
She's twinned the young thing,
oh, his life,
A
Gm
And would he never spark mere.
Ab
Gm
And oot, and cam the thick, thick blood,
A
D
And oot, and cam the thin.
Gm
F#m
A
And oot, and cam the bonny
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haird's blood,
E#
F#m
Gm
There was nae life left in.
E#
Gm
She laid him on a dressing -board,
A
F#m
Bm
E#
And laughed and said,
Gm
Eb
Gm
Go now and play
A
F#m
With your sweet playfair's dine.
Gm
F#m
A
Gm
She rowed him in a sheet of lead,
A
F#m
D
Bade him lie still and sleep.
Gm
F#m
E#
A
G
She cast him in a deep draw -well,
A
Gm
Was fifty fathom deep.
F
Gm
G
When bells were rung and
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Bm
G
D
Went every lady home.
F
A
Bm
Gm
Then Elka Lady had her young son,
A
F#m
Gm
But Lady Helen had naen.
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G#
Gm
She rowed her mantle, her aboot,
A
Gm
And Sir began to weep,
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Gm
And she ran into the Jew's castle
A
Dm
When they were all asleep.
Gm
F
Gm
My bonnie Sir Hugh, my pretty Sir Hugh,
D
Gm
I pray thee to me speak.
F
Gm
O Lady Run to the deep draw -well,
Bb
Gm
Gin ye your son would seek.
Lady Helen ran to the deep draw -well,
Bb
Gm
And knelt down on her knee.
mother, the well is wonders deep.
A keen penknife sticks in my heart,
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