The Banks Of Green Willow chords by Shirley Collins

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Verse 1
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It's old the bold sea captain
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lived by the seaside -o
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And he's courted a farmer's daughter
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and  got her with chide -o
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Go fetch some of your mother's gold,
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likewise your father's money,
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And you shall come along with me,
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and I'll make you my honey.
So she stole some of her mother's gold,
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likewise her father's money,
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And  she did go along with him
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to the banks of Greenvilla
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Now they had not been aboard ship
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six months nor so many
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Before she wanted woman's help
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and she could not get any
Oh, say, what is this woman's help?
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Can I not do it for thee?
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No, you can't do it for me,
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for love nor for money.
Come, tie an oak in around me head,
and tie it so gently,
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And then throw me overboard,
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both me and my baby
So he tied a napkin round her head,
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and he tied it so gently
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And then throwed her overboard,
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along of her baby
Oh, look you boys, oh, look you there
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See how she do quiver
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And she floated till she drowned on
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The banks of Greenville
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My love shall have a coffin
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made of gold and bright silver
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An d she shall be buried
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on the banks of Greenville
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Come toll the bell, come toll the bell,
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and toll it so softly
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For there lies my own love,
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I once loved so dearly you