Sweet Lovely Joan chords by The Irish Rovers

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Intro 1

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the sweet county Antrim,
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Where the bright water flows,
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Through green fields and meadows,
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Where the wild bracken grows,
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T 'was there I first spied her,
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she was walking alone
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And plucking wildflowers,
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the sweet lovely Joan
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As I gazed on her beauty,
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well I could not surmise
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I thought her an angel
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that fell from the skies
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For no mortal in this wide world
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that I've ever known
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Could compare to this lassie,
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the sweet lovely Joan
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I walked up beside her
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enquiring her name
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She shyly responded
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and she asked me the same
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Then we strolled on together,
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my heart overthrown
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Which I gladly surrendered
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to the sweet lovely Joan
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Well we cooed to each other
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through the whole summer long
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And I asked her to marry
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as the winter came on
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But I could not support her
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and from me  she had sprung
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To the arms of another,
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my sweet, lovely Joanne
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Oh, I  had the wealth
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of a prince or a king
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I would give her bright jewels
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and the finest gold rings
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But me, being a poor boy
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with no means of my own
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Only love can I offer,
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the sweet love thee,
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Aye, and now she has married
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a lord of the land
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She has riches and servants
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all at  her command
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While I am a rover and
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I wander alone
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With only fond memories
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of the sweet lovely Joan
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You you