Noreen Bawn chords by Daniel O'Donnell, Margo

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There's a glen,
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an old tier coddle
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There's a cottage in the glen
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Where once dwelled an Irish Colleen
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Who inspired the hearts of men
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She was handsome, pain and hearty,
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shy and graceful as the fawn
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And the neighbors loved
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that widow's lovely
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daughter knowing none
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Then one day there came a letter
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with her passage paid to go
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To the land of the Missouri
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and the Mississippi flow
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So she said goodbye to Aaron
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and next morning with the dawn
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The poor widow broken hearted,
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hearted with her Noreen bond
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Many years the widow waited
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Till one morning to her door
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Came a tender -hearted woman
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Asked me where the
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clothes she wore
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Saying, Mother,
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don't you know me?
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Though I'm frail, tis but a call
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But her cheeks were clust and scarlet
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And another tale they told
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There's a graveyard in Chirconel
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Where the flowers wildly wave
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There's a grey -haired mother kneeling
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O 'er the green and lonely grave
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Oh, my Noreen, she is saying
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It's been lonely since you've gone
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Was the curse of emigration
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Laid you here, my Noreen, gone?
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So young youths and tender maidens
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Ponder well before you go
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From your humble homes an'  airin'
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What's beyond
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you'll never know
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But is gold and what is silver
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When your health and strength are gone
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When you speak of emigration,
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won't you think of knowing