A D
I'm sittin' on a stile, Mary
E A
Where we once sat side by side
A F#m
On a bright May morning long ago
D E
When first you were my bride;
A F#m
The corn was springing fresh and green
D E
And the lark sang loud and high
A D
And the red was on your lips, Mary
E A
And the love-light in your eyes.
[Verse 2]
A D
'Tis but a step down yonder lane
E A
The village church stands near
A F#m
The place where we were wed, Mary
D E
I can see the spire from here
A F#m
But the graveyard lies between, Mary
D E
And my step might break your rest
A D
Where I laid you, darling, down to sleep
E A
With a baby on your breast
[Verse 3]
A D
I'm very lonely now, Mary
E A
For the poor make no new friends
A F#m
But, oh, they love the better still
D E
The few our Father sends!
A F#m
For you were all I had, Mary,
D E
My blessing and my pride;
A D
And I've nothing left to care for now
E A
Since my poor Mary died
[Verse 4]
A D
Yours was the good, brave heart, Mary,
E A
That still kept hoping on
A F#m
When the trust in God had left my soul
D E
And my arm's young strength had gone;
A F#m
There was comfort ever on your lip
D E
And the kind look on your brow
A D
And I thank you, Mary, for the same
E A
Though you cannot hear me now.
[Verse 5]
A D
I'm bidding you a long farewell
E A
My Mary, kind and true!
A F#m
But I'll not forget you, darling!
D E
In the land I'm going to;
A F#m
They say there's bread and work for all
D E
And the sun shines always there
A D
But I'll not forget old Ireland
E A
Were it fifty times as fair!
[Verse 6]
A D
And often in those grand old woods
E A
I'll sit, and shut my eyes;
A F#m
And my heart will wander back again
D E
To the place where Mary lies;
A F#m
And I'll think I see that little stile
D E
Where we sat side by side:
A D
In the springing corn, and the bright May morn
E A
When first you were my bride.
A D
And the springing corn, and the bright May morn
E A
When first you were my bride.
