Scottish Folk
Ae Fond Kiss
G C Em
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever
C G
Ae farewell, and then forever
C Em
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
G D G D Em C
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
G C Em
Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,
C G
While the star of hope she leaves him?
C Em
Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me;
G D G D Em C
Dark despair around benights me.
G C Em
I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
C G
Naething could resist my Nancy
C Em
But to see her was to love her;
G D G D Em C
Love but her, and love for ever.
G C Em
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
C G
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
C Em
Never met-or never parted,
G D G D Em C
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
G C Em
Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest!
C G
Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest!
C Em
Thine be ilka joy and treasure,
G D G D Em C
Peace, Enjoyment, Love and Pleasure!
G C Em
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!
C G
Ae fareweel alas, for ever!
C Em
Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,
G D G D Em C
Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
Ay Waukin O - Robert Burns
G C G
Simmer's a pleasant time,
C D
Flowers of every colour;
G C G
The water rins o'er the heugh,
C D
And I long for my true lover
|[Chorus]
|D G
|Ay waukin, Oh,
|G C G
|Waukin still and weary
|G C G
|Sleep I can get nane,
| C D
|For thinking on my Dearie
|D G
|Ay waukin, Oh
[Instrumental]
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C D
G C G
When I sleep I dream,
C D
When I wauk I'm irie
G C G
Sleep can I get nane
C D
For thinking on my Dearie.
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
G C G
Lanely night comes on
C D
A' the lave are sleepin
G C G
I think on my bonie lad,
C D
And I bleer my een wi' greetin.
[Chorus x2]
Caledonia[D] - Dougie MacLean
D A
I don't know if you can see
Bm G
The changes that have come over me
D A
These last few days I've been afraid
Bm G G
That I might drift away
D A
I've been telling old stories, singing songs
Bm G
That make me think about where I've come from
D A
That's the reason why I seem
Bm G
So far away today
Chorus:
D A
Let me tell you that I love you
Bm G
That I think about you all the time
Em D A D
Caledonia, you're calling me, now I'm going home
D A
But if I should become a stranger
Bm G
Know that it would make me more than sad
Em A D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Interlude: D G Em G A
Verse 2:
D A
Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Bm G
Proved the points that I needed proving
D A
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Bm G G
Found others on the way
D A
I've kissed the fellas and left them crying
Bm G
Stolen dreams, yes, there's no denying
D A
I've travelled hard, sometimes with conscience flying
Bm G
Somewhere with the wind
Chorus:
D A
Let me tell you that I love you
Bm G
That I think about you all the time
Em D A D
Caledonia, you're calling me, now I'm going home
D A
But if I should become a stranger
Bm G
Know that it would make me more than sad
Em A D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Interlude: D G Em G A
Verse 3:
D A
Now I'm sitting here before the fire
Bm G
The empty room, the forest choir
D A
The flames have cooled, don't get any higher
Bm G G
They've withered, now they've gone
D A
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear
Bm G
And I know what I will do tomorrow
D A
When hands have shaken, the kisses float
Bm G
Then I will disappear
Chorus:
D A
Let me tell you that I love you
Bm G
That I think about you all the time
Em D A D
Caledonia, you're calling me, now I'm going home
D A
But if I should become a stranger
Bm G
Know that it would make me more than sad
Em A D D G Em
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Em A D D G Em G A
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Em A D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Em A D
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Charlie is my Darling - Eddi Reader
|[Chorus]
|Em Am Em
|Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling,
| C B Em
|Charlie is my darling, the young Cheva-lier.
B Em B Em
'Twas on a Monday morning, right early in the year,
C G Am Em B
That Charlie came to our town, the young Cheva-lier. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
As he was walking up the street, The city for to view,
C G Am Em B
O there he spied a bonnie lass, The window looking through [Chorus]
B Em B Em
Sae light's he jumped up-on the stair, and tirl'd at the pin,
C G Am Em B
And wha sae ready as hersel' to let the laddie in. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
He set his Jenny on his knee, all in his Highland dress;
C G Am Em B
For brawly weel he ken'd the way to please a bonnie lass. [Chorus]
B Em B Em
It's up yon heathery mountain, An' down yon scroggie glen,
C G Am Em B
We daur na gang a milking, for Charlie and his men [Chorus]
Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice - Hamish Imlach
[A7][Em] [A7][Em]
Em C G Em C G
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man, Ohhoohh, all the way from Brigton
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic, Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aahhahh, what a hell of a mixture, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Does this bus go to the Denistoun Palais? Ohhoohh, I'm lookin' for a lumber,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary, Ohhohh, the floo'er o' the Gorbels,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?" "Oh, no, it's jest the way I'm standin"
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million", "Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame? Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aahhaahh," yer hell of a funny..." Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Well, doon through the back close, and intae the dunny, Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie, Ohhoohh, I buggered off sharpish
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Em C G Em C G
Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man, Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em
Aah haahh, Sahara and a camel, Cod liver oil and the orange juice
Em C G Em C G
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby, Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
Em C G B7 Em A7 Em A7
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah, Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
Come Away In - Karine Polwart
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where we have bread to eat
F#m D
and room at the table
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where we sit down to meet
D A
with stranger and neighbour
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
[Verse 2]
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where there’s an open door
F#m D
and the fire is burning
A E A
Welcome into the house
E
where you can rest a while
D A
from the world and its turning
A E A
Welcome into the house
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
A D E A
all you sisters and mothers, (come away in)
A D E A
all you fathers and brothers, (come away in)
A D E A
all the widows lamenting (...)
A D E A
all the exiles dissenting (...)
A D E A
all the lost and forgotten (...)
A D E A
and the battered and broken (...)
A D E A
all the motherless children (...)
A Bm7
we welcome you all
D
(into the house)
|[Chorus]
|A D E A
|Come a-way, come away in
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
|F#m D
|the storm it is rising
| A E
|but we’ll hold back the wind
|A D E A
|Come away, come away in
Comin thro’ the rye
[Instrumental ‘Dram Behind the Curtain’ A + B parts]
D A
Comin thro' the rye, poor body,
D G D
Comin thro' the rye,
D A
She draigl't a' her petticoatie
D G D
Comin thro' the rye.
|[Chorus]
| D A
|Oh Jenny's a' weet, poor body,
|D G
|Jenny's seldom dry,
| D G D A
|She draigl't a' her petticoatie
|D G D
|Comin thro' the rye.
[Dram instrumental B part first line]
D A
Gin a body meet a body
D G D
Comin thro' the rye,
D A
Gin a body kiss a body
D G D
Need a body cry.
[Chorus]
[Dram instrumental A + B parts]
D A
Gin a body meet a body
D G D
Comin thro' the glen,
D A
Gin a body kiss a body
D G D
Need the warld ken!
[Chorus]
[Instrumental Dram A part + Rye]
[Outro]
D A
She's draigl't a' her petticoatie
D G D
Comin thro' the rye.
Daisy - Karine Polwart
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t spread your arms so wide
G C G
Why don’t you keep a little something inside?
Em D C G
I know you think that hands are made for pulling us through
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t give them all you can
G C G
Why don’t you keep a few more cards in your hand?
Em D C G
I know you’ll only say a thing you believe to be true
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
Repeat Intro
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t take it all as read
G C G
Why don’t you ask a few more questions instead?
Em D C G
I know you think that everyone should be paid what they’re due
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
G
Hey Daisy darling
C G
Don’t spread your arms so wide
G C G
Why don’t you keep a little something inside?
Em D C G
I know you think that hands are made for pulling us through
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
Em D C G
I know you’ll only say a thing you believe to be true
Am D G
But there are people in this world who don’t think like you do
C
They don’t think like you do
Am G
And some don’t think at all
Fields of Athenry
[A] By a lonely prison wall, I [D] heard a young girl [A] call[E]ing,
[A] Michael they have[D] taken you a[E]way,
For you [A] stole Trevelyn’s [D] corn,
so the [A] young might see the [E] morn,
Now a prison ship lies [E7] waiting in the [A] bay.
|[Chorus]
|[A] Low [D] lie the [A] fields of Athen[F#m]ry,
|Where [A] once we watched the small free birds [E] fly,
|Our [A] love was on the[D] wing,
|We had[A] dreams and songs to [E] sing,
|It's so [E] lonely round the [E7] fields of Athen[A]ry.
By a [A] lonely prison wall, I [D] heard a young man [A] call[E]ing,
[A] Nothing matters [D] Mary when you’re [E] free,
Against the [A] famine and the [D] Crown,
I re[A]belled, they cut me [E] down,
Now you [E] must raise our [E7] child with digni[A]ty.
[Chorus]
By a [A] lonely harbour wall,she [D] watched the last star [A] fall[E]ing,
As the [A] prison ship sailed [D] out against the [E] sky,
For she’ll [A] live in hope and [D] pray,for her [A] love in Botany [E] Bay,
It's so [E] lonely round the [E7] fields of Athen[A]ry
[Chorus]
[Chorus a capella]
Follow the Heron - Karine Polwart
G C
The back of the winter is broken
D7 G
And light lingers long by the door
G C
And the seeds of the summer have spoken
D7 G
In gowans that bloom on the shore
|Chorus
| D G C
|By night and day we'll sport and we'll play
| G D
|And delight as the dawn dances over the bay
|G C
|Sleep blows the breath of the morning away
| D7 G
|And we follow the heron home
G C
In darkness we cradled our sorrow
D7 G
And stoked all our fires with fear
G C
Now these bones that lie empty and hollow
D7 G
Are ready for gladness to cheer
[Chorus]
G C
So long may you sing of the salmon
D7 G
And the snow-scented sounds of your home
G C
While the north wind delivers its sermon
D7 G
Of ice and salt water and stone
Freedom come a'ye - Hamish Henderson
G Em C G
Roch the win i the clear day's dawin
C G Em C D
Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay
G Em C G
But thair's mair nor a roch win blawin
C G D G
Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day
C G C G
It's a thocht that wad gar our rottans
Em C D
Aa thae rogues that gang gallus fresh an gay
G Em C G
Tak the road an seek ither loanins
C G D G
Wi thair ill-ploys tae sport an play
G Em C G
Nae mair will our bonnie callants
C G Em C D
Merch tae war whan our braggarts crousely craw
G Em C G
Nor wee weans frae Pitheid an clachan
C G D G
Murn the ships sailin doun the Broomielaw
C G C G
Broken faimilies in launs we've hairried
Em C D
Will curse 'Scotlan the Brave' nae mair, nae mair
G Em C G
Black an white ane-til-ither mairried
C G D G
Mak the vile barracks o thair maisters bare
[Verse 3]
G Em C G
So come aa ye at hame wi freedom
C G Em C D
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for Doom
G Em C G
In yer hous aa the bairns of Adam
C G D G
Will fin breid, barley bree an painted rooms
C G C G
Whan MacLean’s meets wi’ his friens in Springburn
Em C D
Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume
G Em C G
An a black lad frae yont Nyanga
C G D G
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doun
Green Grow the Rashes
|[Chorus]
|A Bm
|Green grow the rashes, O, Green grow the rashes, O
| D A
|The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
| Bm D
|Are spent amang the lasses, O
A
There's nought but care on ev'ry han',
Bm
In ev'ry hour that passes, O
D A
What signifies the life o' man,
Bm D
An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. [Chorus]
A
The war'ly race may riches chase,
Bm
An' riches still may fly them, O
D A
An' tho' at last they catch them fast,
Bm D
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. [Chorus]
A
But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
Bm
My arms about my dearie, O
D A
An' war'ly cares, an' war'ly men,
Bm D
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O! [Chorus]
A
For you sae douce, ye sneer at this
Bm
Ye're nought but senseless asses, O
D A
The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,
Bm D
He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [Chorus]
A
Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears
Bm
Her noblest work she classes, O
D D
Her prentice han' she try'd on man,
Bm D
An' then she made the lasses, O. [Chorus]
I'm Gonna Do it All - Karine Polwart
D E A
I’m gonna sail right out on the At-lantic
D E A
I’m gonna catch me a fish that’s bigger than gi-gantic
D E
I’m gonna cook up a fine fish tea
A D
It will be like some kind of Galilee
D E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
|[Chorus]
|E D A
| I’m gonna do it all some day
|E D E
| I’m gonna do it all some day
|Em F#
| You may not believe a word I say
| D E A
|But I tell you I’m gonna do it all some day
D E A
I’m gonna climb way over that old mountain
D E A
I’m gonna shout in a place where no-one hears me shouting
D E
I’m gonna swear so loud
A D
I’ll strip the silver lining from a cloud
E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
Chorus
D E A
I’m gonna fly in a silver winged space rocket
D E A
I’m gonna pick out the stars and put them in my pocket
D E
I’m gonna bring those stars back down
A D
So I can spread celestial light around
D E A
I’m gonna do it all some day
Chorus
OUTRO
D E
I’m gonna do it all
I'm On My Way [G] - The Proclaimers
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[Verse 1]
G
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha
D
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G D
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
[Verse 2]
G
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I took a right, I took a right turning yesterday
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
G C
I took the road that brought me to your home town
G C
I took the bus to streets that I could walk down
G C
I walked the streets to find the one I'd looked for
G D
I climbed the stair that led me to your front door
[Chorus]
C D G G
And now that I don't want for anything
C D G D
I'd have Al Jolson sing I'm sitting on top of the world
[Verse 3]
G
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I'll do my best, I'll do my best to do the best I can
Haah haah haah ha
G C
To keep my feet from jumping from the ground, dear
G C
To keep my heart from jumping through my mouth, dear
G C
To keep the past, the past and not the present
G D
To try and learn when you teach me a lesson
[Chorus]
C D G G
And now that I don't want for anything
C D G D
I'd have Al Jolson sing I'm sitting on top of the world
[Verse 4]
G
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Aha aha aha aha, yeah
D
I'm on my way from misery to happiness today
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G C
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
G C
I'm on my way to what I want from this world
G C
And years from now you'll make it to the next world
G C
And everything that you receive up yonder
G D
Is what you gave to me the day I wandered
[Outro Fade Out]
G
I'm on my way, I'm on my way
I'm on my way, [G*]I'm on my way
Make my heart fly
Proclaimers
Intro: [C]
Chorus:
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
[C] I can’t do [F] any [C] more
To [G] get inside your [C] door
I can’t do [F] any [C] more
[G] Please let me inside your [C] door.
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
Instrumental – Chorus:
’Cause I [F] never seem to know the [C] time
[G] When you’re with [C] me
[F] You can tell it to the [C] birds
[G] I’ll tell the bees
[C] Please don’t go [F] rushing [C] by
[G] Stay and make my heart [C] fly
Sunshine on Leith
The Proclaimers
Intro: [C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
[C] My heart was broken, my heart was broken,
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, [C7] sorrow.
[F] My heart was broken, [Dm] my heart was broken,
You [G] saw it, you claimed it, you touched it; you saved it.
Verse 2:
[C] My tears are drying, my tears are drying,
Thank you, thank you, thank you, [C7] thank you.
[F] My tears are drying, [Dm] my tears are drying,
Your [G] beauty and kindness, made tears clear my blindness.
|Chorus:
|[F] While I'm [G] worth, my [C] room on this [F] earth,
|I will [G] be with [C] you [C7]
|[F] While the [G] chief puts [C] sunshine on [F] Leith,
|I'll thank him for his work, [G] and your birth, and [G7] my birth.
|
|[G7] Yeah, yeah, yeah
Instrumental:
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [G] [G]
Verse 3:
[C] My heart was broken, my heart was broken,
Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow, [C7] sorrow.
[F] My heart was broken, [Dm] my heart was broken,
You [G] saw it, you claimed it, you touched it; you saved it.
|Chorus:
|[F] While I'm [G] worth, my [C] room on this [F] earth,
|I will [G] be with [C] you [C7]
|[F] While the [G] chief puts [C] sunshine on [F] Leith,
|I'll thank him for his work, [G] and your birth, and [G7] my birth.
|
|[G7] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Outro:
[C] [F] [Dm] [G] [C] [F] [G] [G]
[C - Single strum]
Travel These Ways - Karine Polwart
|Chorus
|Wher-[D] ever we [E] go, wher-[A]ever we [D] bide
|Whatever the [E] wind and [A]weather [D]
|Wherever we [E] go, wher-[A]ever we [D] bide
|We’ll travel these [E] ways to-[A]gether
When the [A] haar comes [Asus4] rollin’ [A] in
And you [E] can’t see your way into [D] harbour
I’ll [F#m] heave the boat [E] to till the [D] sun clears the [A] sky
And it’s [C#] safe once again to weigh [D]anchor
When the [A] snow comes [Asus4] skirling [A] in
And [E] buries the path that you’ve [D] chosen
I’ll [F#m] light us a [E] fire to [D] keep us [A] warm
And we’ll [C#] wait till the ice is [D] unfrozen
When the [A] storm has [Asus4] blown [A] away
And the [E] night is as still as your [D] sleeping
I’ll [F#m] pluck out the [E] skelf of the [D] moon from the [A] sky
And I’ll [C#] give it to you for safe- [D] keeping
Walking on the Waves
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
G Em
An island in the sunlight, laughter in the rain.
D C
A whisky in the darkness, it all feels just the same.
G Em
Watch the sunset over Hynish see the twilight merge to dawn
D C
Hear the waves caress the shoreline as the island carries on.
|[Chorus]
| G C G D
|I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
| Em C D G
|But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
| G C G D
|I've been walking, walking these shores all my days
| Em C D G
|But with you by my side I am walking on the waves
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Verse 2]
G Em
There's two lovers on the machair and they walk down to the sand
D C
Their silhouettes are on the water as they paddle hand in hand.
G Em
And it's a game of sweet surrender when there's nothing left to say
D C
And there are moments to remember once these days are long away.
[Chorus]
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Verse 3]
*slow*
G Em
So you look out on the ocean see the headlands and the strands
D C
And you wonder what horizons will shape tomorrow's plans
G Em
And through the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the days
D C
Every drink's another reason to let tomorrow sail away.
[Chorus]
| [Instrumental x2]
| G C G D
| G Em D G
[Bridge]
*slow*
C G C G
The surging of the ocean, the breakers on the shore
Am C D
The echoes of our bodies, To the lovers’ dream we soar.
[Chorus x 2]
Westering Home
|[Chorus]
|D
|Westering home, and a song in the air,
|G Bm G A
|Light in the eye and it's goodbye to care.
|D Bm
|Laughter o' love, and a welcoming there,
|G A D
|Isle of my heart, my own one.
D A
Tell me o' lands o' the Orient gay,
G Bm G A
Speak o' the riches and joys o' Cathay;
D A
Eh, but it's grand to be wakin' ilk day
Bm A D
To find yourself nearer to Islay.
[Chorus]
D A
Where are the folk like the folk o' the west?
G Bm G A
Canty and couthy and kindly, the best
D A
There I would hie me and there I would rest
Bm A D
At hame wi' my ain folk in Islay.
[Chorus]
D A
Now I'm at home and at home I do lay
G Bm G A
Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay
D A
I'll hop a good ship and be on my way
Bm A D
And bring back my fortune to Islay
[Chorus]
Ye Banks and Braes
D A D G
Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon,
D G D A
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
D A D G
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
D G A7 D
And I'm sae weary, fu' o' care
D
Thou'll break my heart, ye warbling bird,
D Em A7
That wantons through the flow'ring thorn,
D A D G
Thou minds me o' departed joys,
D G A7 D
Departed never to return.
D A D G
Oft ha'e I roved by bonnie Doon,
D G D A
To see the rose and woodbine twine
D A D G
And ilka bird sang o' its luve,
D G A7 D
And fondly sae did I o' mine.
D
Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose,
D Em A7
Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree
D A D G
And may fause lover staw my rose,
D G A7 D
But ah! he left the thorn wi’ me.