Key: Gb major•
Verse 1
B
F#
A nobleman's son,
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G#m
F#
he dreamed such a dream
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Bm
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Of the beautifulest girl in the nation
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B
Em
No counsel would he take,
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A#m
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B
but journeys he'd make
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G#m
Through Ireland to seek this fair
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B
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creature
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'Twas seven long years he
Verse 2
B
Bm
F#
he'd meet her
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E
A#m
He opened the door and she
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B
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stood on the floor
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She was a laboring man's
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B
Bm
daughter
Verse 3
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F#
but once in my life
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F#
you lay by me
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E
And now you're beside me,
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B
F#
by the look in your eyes
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B
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I know that you
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ne'er will deny me
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And what's your desire, pray
Verse 4
B
Bm
tell me,
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kind sir
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F#
That you're so afraid of denial?
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E
Although I am poor,
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no scorn will I endure
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Bm
Do not put me under such trial
Verse 5
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bring,
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E
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nor any such thing
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F#
And he took out a ring as a token
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B
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E
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Oh love is a thing which
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does hang on a string
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F#
But between us it ne'er
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will be broken
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F#
And if I should consent your
Verse 6
B
E
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bride for to be
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F#
both be offended
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F#
E
Be sides they would always be
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frowning on me
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B
Because you are highly descended
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For father and for
Verse 7
mother I
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have none in this world
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I have none but my self
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and a brother
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E
And as for my friends,
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they will not frown on me
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So we can but love one another
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So
Verse 8
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E
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what love an d delight
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And they are living in joy and plenty
has married a knight
Heaven protect them both together
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