Key: D# minor
Verse 1
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Em
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C
Am
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wealthy squire lived in our town
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He was a man of high renown,
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Em
and he had one daughter, a beauty bright,
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and the name he gave her was
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his heart's delight.
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Many young men to court her came,
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but none of them could her favour gain,
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Until there came one of low degree
Em
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And above them all, ah, she fancied him
But when her father, he came to know
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this young man so
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Em
Over fifty miles you sent her away
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All to deprive her of her wedding day
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One night as she lay in her bedroom
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Her love appeared from out the gloom
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Em
He kissed her cheek, and this did say,
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Arise my darling and come away.
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It's with this young man
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than any wind.
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Em
They rode on for an hour or more,
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Till he cries, my darling, my head feels sore.
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A holland tanker chief she then pulled out
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And with it bound his aching head about
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Em
She held him closer and this did say
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My love, you're colder than any clay
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Em
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Bm
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Dm
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And when they came to her father's gate
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He says, get down, love, for the hour is late
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And I'll see this gallant
father's home
Tis
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I, dear father, did you send for me?
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Oh no, dear daughter, that cannot be
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Your words are false and you lie to me
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For on yon mountain your true love died
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And in the graveyard his body lies
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D
So straightway's there
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exposed the grave
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An d there his body,
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With a
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Holland handkerchief all around his head
You
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