The Gartan Mothers Lullaby

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[Verse]
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Sleep, oh babe, for the red bee hums
    F                 C
The silent twilight's fall
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Aoibheall from the grey rock comes
   Am       Em       F
To wrap the world in thrall
  C                        Em
A leanbhín ó, my child, my joy
   Am       Em        F
My love and heart's desire
    Dm       C7       Am   F
The crickets sing you lullaby
                 C
Beside the dying fire

[Verse]
                                  Am
Dusk is drawn and the Green Man's thorn
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Is wreathed in rings of fog
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Siabhra sails his boat 'til morn
 Am      Em     F
Upon the starry bog
  C                    Em
A leanbhín ó, the paly moon
     Am          Em      F
Hath brimmed her cusp in dew
    Dm       C7       Am        F
And weeps to hear the sad sleep-tune
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I sing, my love, to you

[Verse]
C                               Am
Sleep, oh babe, for the red bee hums
    F                 C
The silent twilight's fall
G                  C         Em
Aoibheall from the grey rock comes
   Am       Em       F
To wrap the world in thrall
  C                        Em
A leanbhín ó, my child, my joy
   Am       Em        F
My love and heart's desire
    Dm       C7       Am   F
The crickets sing you lullaby
                 C     F   C
Beside the dying fire