Intro: G
verse 1:
C D
One morning fair as I chanced the air
Em F G
Down by Black Water Side
C G C G
'Twas in gazing all around me
C G
That an Irish girl I spied
verse 2:
C D
All in the fore part of the night
Em F G
They rolled in sport and play
C G C G
Then this young man arose and he put on his clothes
C G
Saying, "Fare thee well today"
verse 3:
C D
"That's not the promise you made to me
Em F G
When you lay upon my breast
C G C G
You could make me believe with your lying tongue
C G
That the sun rose in the west"
verse 4:
C D
"Go home, go home to your father's garden
Em F G
Go home and cry your fill
C G C G
And think of the sad misfortune
C G
I brought on with my wanton will"
VERSE 5:
C D
"There's not a flower in this whole world
Em F G
As easily led as I
C G C G
And when fishes can fly and seas do run dry
C G F G
It is then that you'll marry__ I"