When You Were Sixteen chords by
Slim Whitman
Slim Whitman

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In a town on the sea,
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By the castle Duneen,
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The fairest of all was the maiden Eileen
The bloom on her cheek
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was as fresh as the dew
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And her heart to a young
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fisher laddie was true
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At morn he would sail
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with the sun and the tide
And he would return
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to his promised young bride
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And there on the shore
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she could hear it so plain
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His voice in the wind,
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singing soft this refrain
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Eileen, Eileen,
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wait for me, wait my Eileen
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They were to be wed on a Sunday in May,
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And Faith was a joy to see Eileen so gay.
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The morning before he set sail with the tide
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But he never returned
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to his promised young bride
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Oh no, nevermore was her
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heart young and warm
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Her lover he died, yes he died in a storm
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But down by the shore
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she could still hear so plain
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His voice in the wind
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sings of this refrain
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Eileen, Eileen
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Wait for me, wait my Eileen
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They say that her heart, it was broken into
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The lovely Eileen,
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so young and so true
And down by the shore,
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they loved her the best
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By the rock where she waited,
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they laid her to rest
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Oh, many's the years
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that have passed since that day
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But maidens who wait for
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their lovers there say
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That still on the shore
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they can hear it so plain
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His ghost in the wind
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sang and saw this refrain
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I need, I need
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Wait for me, wait my honey
Outro 1
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