Yarrow

Cm D# A# D# Cm A# Cm Cm Willie’s fair and Willie’s rare A# D# A# And Willie’s wondrous bonny D# Cm A# Cm And he’s promised to take my hand if ever he takes any Cm D# A# D# Cm A# Cm Cm Sister dear, I’ve dreamed a dream A# D# A# I’m afraid it is of sorrow D# Cm A# Cm I dreamed I saw the heather green in the dowie dens of Yarrow Cm Sister dear, I’ll read your dream A# D# A# Read in it grief and sorrow D# Cm G# Cm The green it brings misfortune, here and your love is drowned in Yarrow Cm D# A# D# Cm A# Cm Cm D# A# D# Cm A# Cm Cm She sought him up. she sought him down A# D# A# Ran with the speed and sorrow D# Cm A# Cm She found him ‘neath a bush of broom in the dowie dens of Yarrow Cm Her hair it was five quarters long A# D# A# The colour, it was yellow D# Cm G# Cm And she tied it to his middle small, and pulled him out of Yarrow Cm D# A# D# Cm A# Cm Cm D# A# G# Cm A# Cm Cm A# My bed it was wide yesterday D# G# Today it shall be narrow Cm And there’s ne’er a man lie by my side G# Fm Since Willie’s drowned in Yarrow Fm A# F Cm D# A# G# Cm A# Cm