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Kellswater by Loreena McKennitt
Kellswater
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
Am F Am F
[Verse 1]
Am C/G F
Here's a health to you, bonny Kellswater
Am C/G F
Where you get all the pleasures of life
Am C/G F
Where you get all the fishing and fowling
Am C/G F
And a bonny wee lass for your wife
[Verse 2]
Am C/G F
Oh, it's down where yon waters run muddy
Am C/G F
I'm afraid they will never run clear
Am C/G F
And it's when I begin for to study
Am C/G F
My mind is on him that's not here
[Verse 3]
Am C/G F
And it's this one and that one may court him
Am C/G F
But if anyone gets him but me
Am C/G F
It's early and late I will curse them
Am C/G F
The parting lovely Willie from me
[Verse 4]
Am C/G F
Oh, a father, he calls on his daughter
Am C/G F
"Two choices I'll give unto thee
Am C/G F
Would you rather see Willie's ship a-sailing
Am C/G F
Or see him hung like a dog on yonder tree?"
[Instrumental]
Am C/G F Am C/G F
[Verse 5]
Am C/G F
"Oh father, dear father, I love him
Am C/G F
I can no longer hide it from thee
Am C/G F
Through an acre of fire I would travel
Am C/G F
Along with lovely Willie, to be"
[Verse 6]
Am C/G F
Oh, hard was the heartbreak I'm finding
Am C/G F
She took from her full heart's delight
Am C/G F
May the chains of old Ireland come find them
Am C/G F
And soften their pillows at night
[Verse 7]
Am C/G F
Oh, yonder there's a ship on the ocean
Am C/G F
And she does not know which way to steer
Am C/G F
From the east and the west she's a-blowing
Am C/G F
She reminds me of the charms of my dear
[Verse 8]
Am C/G F
Oh, it's yonder my Willie will be coming
Am C/G F
He said he'd be here in the spring
Am C/G F
And it's down by yon green shades I'll meet him
Am C/G F
And among wild roses we'll sing
[Verse 9]
Am C/G F
For a gold ring he placed on my finger
Am C/G F
Saying, "Love, bear this in your mind
Am C/G F
If ever I sail from old Ireland
Am C/G F
You'll mind, I'll not leave you behind"
[Instrumental]
Am C/G F Am C/G F
[Verse 10]
Am C/G F
Farewell to you, bonny Kellswater
Am C/G F
Where you get all the pleasures of life
Am C/G F
Where you get all the fishing and fowling
Am C/G F
And a bonny wee lass for your wife
[Outro]
Am C/G F Am C/G F
Am C/G F Am C/G F
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