Misc Traditional – Spancil Hill chords
Chords:
#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Spancil Hill chords Irish Traditional Capo I Am G AmAm G Am Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by,C GMe mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly,Am C GI stepped aboard a vision, and followed with a will,Am G AmAnd I shortly came to anchor, at the cross on Spancil Hill.Am G AmIt being the 23rd of June, the day before the fair,C GWhen Irelands' sons and daughters, in crowds assembled there,Am The young and the old, the brave and the bold,C G Am G AmCame their joy to fulfill, there were jovial conversations at the fair at Spancil Hill.Am G AmI went to see my neighbors, to hear what they might say,C GThe old ones were all dead and gone, the young ones turning gray,Am C GI met with the tailor Quigley he's as bald as ever still,Am G AmSure he used to make me britches when I lived in Spancil Hill.Am G AmI paid a flying visit to my first and only love,C GShe s as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove,Am C GShe threw her arms around me, saying Johnny I love you still,Am G Am Oh, she's Nell the farmers daughter and the flower of Spancil Hill.Am G AmI dream t I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore,C GShe said Johnny you're only joking like many's the times before,Am C GThe cock he crew the morning, he crew both loud and shrill,Am G AmAnd I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill.Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/