Caladh Nua – The Cruel Lowland Maid chords

[Verse 1]

     CIt's of a jolly sailor
       Bb     F         CThat's lately come from sea
   CHe dressed himself in tarry clothes
    Bb        F     CHis true love to go see
   CHe dressed himself in tarry clothes
     Bb     F        CJust like a sailor's trade
       FFor to try the heart of Mary-Ann
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid


[Verse 2]

   CAs Jimmy went a-walking
  Bb     F     CA-by the Riley strand
     CDown by his lover's cottage
         Bb        F    CWhere he spied his Mary-Ann
    CShe appeared to him like floral
    Bb     F        CAll in the silks arrayed
        FBut the thorn was in the bosom of
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid


[Verse 3]
      C"Good morning pretty Mary,
    Bb      F        CI'm glad to meet you here
      CBut I feared your inclinations they're
   Bb     F       CNo longer firm me dear
     CI'm afeared your inclinations
          Bb          F     CThey have turned some other way" -
      F"Oh begone from me" cried Mary-Ann
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid


[Verse 4]
   CAs Jimmy turned to leave her
    Bb     F       CThe sailor said "Behold"
    CAnd from his trousers pockets
          Bb    F        CHe pulled out a purse of gold
    C"Forgive me now" cried Mary-Ann
     Bb       F      C"For all that I have said,
        FYou are welcome to my cottage with
     Bb     F       CYour lovely lowland maid"


[Verse 5]
   Dm           F"Remember cruel damsel
    Bb                  CThe last words that you said
   COh I can lie 'til morning in
     Bb      F       CSome farmers barn or shed
    CNow I can lie 'til morning in
     Bb      F       CSome farmers barn or shed"
     FAnd away he strayed from Mary--Ann
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid


[Interlude] 
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C F Bb F Bb C


[Verse 6]
          CStraight away to another lover
     Bb       F       CThis fair one she did go
      C"Have courage now dear Edmund
         Bb F        CFor with me you must go.
     CHave courage now dear Edmund
       Bb F    CAnd do no me betray.
        FWe will kill and rob the sailor boy
  Bb       F        CBefore the break of day"


[Verse 7]
     COver hills and lofty mountains
        Bb        F      CThrough dales and swampy lands
     CThey travelled with their lanterns
          Bb      F        CAnd their daggers in their hands
               CAnd with their lights and lanterens
   Bb         F        CTo light them on their way
          F'Til they reached the fateful stable where
    Bb     F      CThe sailor boy he lay



[Verse 8]
  Dm            FInto his tender bosom
     Bb          F      CmThey plunged the dagger deep
     CThey robbed him of his glittering gold
    Bb       F        CAnd left him there to sleep
     CSome shepherds herding off their flocks
 Bb        F          CAcross the fields did stray
         FAnd they swore against the villain and
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid


[Verse 9]
   COh now the couple is taken
    Bb        F     CAnd sentenced to be hung
        CFor the murdering of young Jimmy
        Bb       F      CWho was scarcely in his bloom
    CAnd as they swung high in the air
    Bb     F       CThe people all did say
         F"For the murdering of the sailor hangs
    Bb    F       CThe cruel lowland maid."


[Outro] 
F Bb F Bb C
C F Bb F Bb C
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