Craigie Hill

[INTRO:] Em D G Am C Em C  Em 

D G Am C Em C

[VERSE 1:]
   G                        Em    
It being springtime and the small 
D               C
birds they were singing
        Em  D     C       
Down in yon shady harbour, I 
   G              C
carelessly did stray
    Em       D         C         
The thrushes they were warbling, 
    G                 C
the violets they were charming
   G                Em  D     C 
To view fond lovers talking, 
                D
awhile I did delay


[VERSE 2:]
    G                              
She said, "My dear don't leave me, 
Em   D      C
for another season
       Em      D       C      
Though fortune does be pleasing, 
     G                C
I'll go along with you
        Em           D     C     
I'll forsake friends and 
      G              C
relations and bid this Irish nation
    G            Em   D         
And to the bonny Bann banks, 
C                    D
forever I'll bid adieu"


[VERSE 3:]
   G                              
He said, "My dear don't grieve or 
Em    D      C
yet annoy my patience
   Em     D        C           G
Ye know I love you dearly, the 
               C
more I'm going away
    Em         D       C         
I'm going to a foreign nation to 
G              C
purchase a plantation
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   G              Em D      C
To comfort us hereafter all in 
Americ, aye"


[INTERLUDE:]
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh


[VERSE 4:]
     G                      Em    
Then after a short while, a 
  D       C
fortune does be pleasing
       Em          D      C       
And it caused them for to smile at
 G               C
 our late going away
         Em       D        C     
We'll be happy as Queen Victoria,
     G                  C
 all in her greatest glory
         G                 Em D  
We'll be drinking wine and porter
     C          Em  D
 all in Americ, aye


[VERSE 5:]
          G                    
If you're in your bed lying and 
 Em   D      C
thinking on dying
    Em           D      C        
The sight of the lovely Bann 
        G                 C
banks, your sorrow you'd give o'er
      Em    D        C          
Or if we're down one hour, down 
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in yon shady bower
G                 Em    D        
Pleasure would surround you, 
  C                 Em
you'd think on death no more


[INTERLUDE:]
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      A     D
oohoo, oohoo, ooh


[VERSE 6:]
     G                          
Then fare ye well, sweet Craigie 
              Em    D          C
Hills, where often times I've roved
  Em    D           C            
I never thought, my childhood 
      G             C
days, I'd part you any more
         Em       D      C        
Now we're sailing on the ocean for
 G             C
 honour and promotion
        G               Em  D    
And the bonny boats are sailing, 
   C               Em
way down by Doorin shore


[OUTRO:]
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh
Em   D      G      Am     C    
Ooh, oohoo, oohoo, oohoo, 
  D      C
oohoo, oohoo, ooh