The Cruel Lowland Maid
- Caladh Nua
Key: C C ·
Orig: C ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Verse 1
C
It's of a jolly sailor
Bb F C
That's lately come from sea
C
He dressed himself in tarry clothes
Bb F C
His true love to go see
C
He dressed himself in tarry clothes
Bb F C
Just like a sailor's trade
F
For to try the heart of Mary-Ann
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid
Verse 2
C
As Jimmy went a-walking
Bb F C
A-by the Riley strand
C
Down by his lover's cottage
Bb F C
Where he spied his Mary-Ann
C
She appeared to him like floral
Bb F C
All in the silks arrayed
F
But the thorn was in the bosom of
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid
Verse 3
C
"Good morning pretty Mary,
Bb F C
I'm glad to meet you here
C
But I feared your inclinations they're
Bb F C
No longer firm me dear
C
I'm afeared your inclinations
Bb F C
They have turned some other way" -
F
"Oh begone from me" cried Mary-Ann
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid
Verse 4
C
As Jimmy turned to leave her
Bb F C
The sailor said "Behold"
C
And from his trousers pockets
Bb F C
He pulled out a purse of gold
C
"Forgive me now" cried Mary-Ann
Bb F C
"For all that I have said,
F
You are welcome to my cottage with
Bb F C
Your lovely lowland maid"
Verse 5
Dm F
"Remember cruel damsel
Bb C
The last words that you said
C
Oh I can lie 'til morning in
Bb F C
Some farmers barn or shed
C
Now I can lie 'til morning in
Bb F C
Some farmers barn or shed"
F
And away he strayed from Mary--Ann
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid
Interlude
F Bb F Bb C
C F Bb F Bb C
Verse 6
C
Straight away to another lover
Bb F C
This fair one she did go
C
"Have courage now dear Edmund
Bb F C
For with me you must go.
C
Have courage now dear Edmund
Bb F C
And do no me betray.
F
We will k**l and rob the sailor boy
Bb F C
Before the break of day"
Verse 7
C
Over hills and lofty mountains
Bb F C
Through dales and swampy lands
C
They travelled with their lanterns
Bb F C
And their daggers in their hands
C
And with their lights and lanterens
Bb F C
To light them on their way
F
'Til they reached the fateful stable where
Bb F C
The sailor boy he lay
Verse 8
Dm F
Into his tender bosom
Bb F Cm
They plunged the dagger deep
C
They robbed him of his glittering gold
Bb F C
And left him there to sleep
C
Some shepherds herding off their flocks
Bb F C
Across the fields did stray
F
And they swore against the villain and
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid
Verse 9
C
Oh now the couple is taken
Bb F C
And sentenced to be hung
C
For the murdering of young Jimmy
Bb F C
Who was scarcely in his bloom
C
And as they swung high in the air
Bb F C
The people all did say
F
"For the murdering of the sailor hangs
Bb F C
The cruel lowland maid."
Outro
F Bb F Bb C
C F Bb F Bb C
C F Bb F Bb
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