the elfin knight chords by Ewan MacColl

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) There stands three
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trumpeters on yon  (A minor) hill
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B 
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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Blaw their  (A minor) trumpets sae  (E minor) loud and  (A minor) shrill
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my
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Em 
 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 2
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Gin I'd his trumpet in my  (A minor) kist
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw  (E minor) winds, blaw
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And were in the lad's  (A minor) 
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arms that  (E minor) I   like  (A minor) best
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my plaid  (B major)  (E minor) awa'

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Verse 3

Gin ye would be wed wi' me

Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

There's ae thing ye

maun dae for me

And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Verse 4

maun hae a fine linen sark

Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

Without a stitch o' needlewark

And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Verse 5
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Ye maun wash it in yon draw-  (A minor) well
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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Em 
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Where water  (A minor) never  (E minor) sprang nor  (A minor) fell
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my
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Em 
 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 6
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Am 
Ye maun  (E minor) drt't on yon hawthorn  (A minor) 
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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That hasna seen  (A minor) blossom
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since  (E minor) man was  (A minor) born
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my
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 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 7
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Gin I mak'a sark for  (A minor) thee
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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There's ae thing  (A minor) ye
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maun  (E minor) tae  (A minor) me dae
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my
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Em 
 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 8
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My faither has an  (E minor) acre o'  (A minor) land
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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Em 
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Ye maun ploo it  (A minor) wi' your  (E minor) ae   (A minor) hand
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye
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 (A minor) my   (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 9
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Ye maun sow it wantin'  (A minor) corn
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw
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And roll it wi' a sheep's shank-  (A minor) bone
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my
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Em 
 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'
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Ye maun  (A minor) shear it wi' a  (E minor) scythe o'

Verse 10
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 (A minor) 
leather
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw
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Em 
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And bind it  (A minor) wi' a  (E minor) peacock's  (A minor) feather
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my  (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'
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Ye maun stook  (A minor) it

Verse 11
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) in  the  (A minor) sea
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B 
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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And bring the  (A minor)  (E minor) whaetsheaf dry
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tae  (A minor) me
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And the wind  (E minor) blaws aye my
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 (B major) plaid  (E minor) awa'

Verse 12
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And gin you  (E minor) wark noo all this  (A minor) wark
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B 
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 (E minor) Blaw, blaw,  (B major) blaw winds,  (E minor) blaw
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Come to  (A minor) me  and you'll
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 (E minor) get your  (A minor) sark
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B 
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And the  (E minor) wind blaws aye my  (B major) plaid awa'  (E minor) 