Bonnie Bairns

Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am G/E F C A lady walked in yon wild wood, G F Beneath the holly tree, Am G/E F C It was there she saw two bonnie bairns, G F There running at her knee. C G Am G F And the first she pulled a red, red rose, C G F With hands as soft as silk, F G Am G/B C G And the next she pulled a lily pale, F G Am With hands more white than milk. Am F C G Am G/E F C "Why Do you pull the Rose for the Bairns, G F And why the lily white?" Am G/E F C "We need them at the seat of grace, G F For the soul of thee tonight." C G Am G F "Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns, C G F I'll dress you rich and fine, F G Am G/B C G And for all the blackbirds in the woods, F G Am You'll eat white bread and wine." Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G/E F C The stars were shooting to and fro, G F But the thorns she did abhor, Am G/E F C As the lady followed the bonnie bairns, G F For three long hours and more. C G Am G F "Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns, C G F I'm woe and weary grown", F G Am G/B C G "We live where woe it never comes, F G Am In a land to flesh unknown." Am F C G Am G/E F C They came unto a tree of beech, G F Two names carved in the bark, Am G/E F C "Do you see your name carved here lady, G F The other lies in the dark." C G Am G F And she wept in vain and she wept full sore, C G F For her love laid in the ground, F G Am G/B C G And she wept until the stars gave way, F G Am 'Til the dawn it brought no sound. Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G C