Sweet Lover Of Mine

C C As I cam o’er by Bonny Moor Hill* C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am I met a wee lass, and they ca’ed her Nell Am Am G C Longing to be a sweet lover o mine C C It’s questions three I’ll ask o thee C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am And it’s questions three you maun answer me Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C You maun mak me a cambric shirt C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am Withoot one stitch o your needlework Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C You maun wash it in yonder well C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am Where water ne’er ran and rain never fell Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C Then dry it oot on yonder thorn C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am Where blossom ne’er bloomed since Adam was born Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C It’s questions three you’ve asked o me C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am And it’s questions three you’ll noo answer me Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C You maun get me an acre of land C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am Atween the saut sea and sea water strand Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C Then plough it aa wi an auld ram’s horn C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am And then sow it o’er wi one grain of corn Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C You maun sheer it with a sickle of leather C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am And bind it up wi a peacock’s feather Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine C C Then stook it o’er on yonder sea C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am And bring the shell sheaf dry unto me Am Am G C Before you are a sweet lover o mine Verse 11 C C When you’ve done and finished your work C Cmaj7 Em7 Am Every rose grows bonny in time Am Am You may call untae me for your cambric shirt Am Am G C And you shall be a sweet lover o mine