G          Am         C             Am
O Bonnie Portmore, I am sorry to have seen

     G         Am               C        G
Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree

       Am            Bm          Am            C
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day

         Am              Bm             Am        D
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away


[Verse 2]

G            Am        C               Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand

        G            Am          C            G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long

   Am        Bm        Am         C
If I had you now, as I had once before

        Am           Bm                Am           D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore


[Verse 3]

        G            Am              C        Am
All the birds in the forest, they do bitterly weep

          G              Am         C              G
Sighing, "Where shall we shelter, o where shall we sleep?"

        Am          Bm            Am      C
For the oak and the ash, they are all cut down

        Am              Bm                Am          D
And the walls of Bonnie Portmore they are down to the ground


[Verse 4]

G            Am        C               Am
O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand

        G            Am          C            G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long

   Am        Bm        Am         C
If I had you now, as I had once before

        Am           Bm                Am           D
All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore.