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[Verse 1]
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O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
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O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
      C                                  G              Em
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,
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And your belly's o'er full, my bonnie lassie O.

[Verse 2]
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It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,
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It was in the month of May, my bonnie lassie O,
       C                             G                 Em
It was in the month of May, when the flowers they were gay,
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And the lambs did sport and play, my bonnie lassie O'

[Verse 3]
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Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,
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Do you mind on yonder hill, my bonnie laddie O,
      C                              G                 Em
D'you mind on yonder hill where you swore you would me kill,
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If you did'na have your will? my bonnie laddie O.

[Verse 4]
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Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,
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Do you mind the banks of Ayr, my bonnie laddie O,
       C                                G                 Em
Do you mind the banks of Ayr, where you drew me in your snare,
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And you left me in despair, my bonnie laddie O?

[Verse 5]
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O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,
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O it's you may kill me dead, my bonnie laddie O,
       C                                G    Em
O I'll not kill you dead nor make your body bleed,
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Nor marry you with speed my bonnie lassie O.

[Verse 6]
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For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,
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For the pipes do sweetly play, my bonnie lassie O,
       C                            G               Em
O the pipes do sweetly play and the troops do march away,
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And it's here I will not stay, my bonnie lassie O.

[Verse 7]
G                         D             C      G
O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
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O the shearing's not for you, my bonnie lassie O,
       C                               G               Em
O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna' bow,
G                     D              C      G
And your belly's o'er full my bonnie lassie O.

[Outro]
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C       G   Em
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