Loch Tay Boat Song

C                          Em  F
When I've done my work of day 
            G       C      Am
and I row my boat away
         F     G        C   Am  
Doon the waters o' Loch Tay as 
    Dm                G       G7
the evening light is fadin'
       C                Em        
And I look upon Ben Lawers where 
   F        G   C      Am
the after glory glow
      F       G          C     
And I dream on two bright eyes 
Am     Dm    G       C
and the melting mouth below

         F         G       C     
She's my beauteous nighean ruach
   Am

         F       G      C      Am
She's my joy and sorrow too
      F          G    C     Am
And although she is untrue
          Dm             G         
Ah, but I cannot live without her
G7

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       C                 Em     Am
For my heart's a boat in tow
        F        G        Em     Am
And I'd give the world to know
        F        G      C
Why she means to let me go
Am      Dm      G     C
As I sing horee, horo

C                          Em    
Nighean ruach, your lovely hair 
        F       G    C      Am
has more glamour I declare
     F       G       C    Am   
Than all the tresses rare from 
Dm            G       G7
Killen to Aberfeldy
        C                      Em 
Be they lint, white, brown, or 
          F       G        C      Am
gold be they blacker than the sloe
          F       G        C  Am
They have no more worth to me 
     Dm    G         C
than a meltin flake o' snow

        F        G        C       Am
And her dance is like the gleam
         F        G      C       Am
O'er the sunlight on the stream
        F         G       C
And the songs the faeries sing
Am         Dm              
Seems like songs she sings at 
   G       G7
milkin'
       C                Em
But my heart is full of woe
         F        G        Em    
For last night she bade me go
   Am

        F        G      C
And the tears begin to flow
Am   Dm     G      C
As I sing horee, horo