Fear A Bhata The Boatman

          G                   
How often haunting the highest 
 D
hilltops
           Em               Bm
I scan the ocean i sail tae sea
             C                  
Wilt come tonight love wilt come 
 G    D
tomorrow
           Em          D       C
Wilt ever come love to comfort me?


[Chorus]
        G             D
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
        Em            Bm
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
        C             G   D
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
             Em              D    
Oh fare thee well love where e'er 
    C
you be


[Verse 2]
               G                   
They call thee fickle they call 
  D
thee false one
             Em                   
And seek tae change me but all in 
Bm
vain
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                C                  
For thou art my dream a through the
 G    D
 dark night
          Em        D         C
And every morning I watch the wind


[Chorus]
       G             D
Fear a bhata no horo eil'e...


[Verse 3]
              G                 D
There's not a hamlet too well I know
 it
             Em                
Where you go wandering or set a 
 Bm
while
            C                     
But all its old folks you win wi' 
G   D
talking
               Em           D     
And charm it's maidens with song 
   C
and smile


[Chorus]
        G             D
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e...


[Verse 4]
            G                  D
Dost thou remember the promise made 
me
           Em                 Bm
The tartan plaidie the silken gown
            C                      
The ring of gold with thy hair and 
G  D
portrait?
              Em          D     C
That gown and ring I will never know


[Chorus]
        G             D
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
        Em            Bm
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
        C             G   D
Fhear a bhata no horo eil'e
             Em              D    
Oh fare thee well love where e'er 
    C
you be