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Em G C
Where dips the rocky highland
Am Bm Em
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake
Em G C
There lies a leafy island
Am Bm Em
Where flapping herons wake
G D
The drowsy water-rats
Am Em
There we've hid our faery vats
G D
Full of berries
Em D
And of reddest stolen cherries
G D
Come away, O human child
Am Em
To the waters and the wild
G D
With a faery, hand in hand
Em G C Em
For the world's more full of weeping
Am Bm Em
Than you can understand.
Em Em
Where the wave of moonlight glosses
Am Bm Em
The dim grey sands with light
Em Em
By far off furthest Rosses
Am Bm Em
We foot it all the night
G D
Weaving olden dances
Am Em
Mingling hands and mingling glances
G D
Till the moon has taken flight
Am Em
To and fro we leap
G D
And chase the frothy bubbles
Em G C Em
Whilst the world is full of troubles
Am Bm Em
And is anxious in its sleep.
G D
Come away, O human child
Am Em
To the waters and the wild
G D
With a faery, hand in hand
Em G C Em
For the world's more full of weeping
Am Bm Em
Than you can understand.
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Em Em
Where the wandering water gushes
Am Bm Em
From the hills above Glen-Car
Em Em
In pools among the rushes
Am Bm Em
That scarce could bathe a star
G D
We seek for slumbering trout
Am Em
And whispering in their ears
G D
Give them unquiet dreams
Am Em
Leaning softly out
G D
From ferns that drop their tears
C
Over the young streams
G D
Come away, O human child
Am Em
To the waters and the wild
G D
With a faery, hand in hand
Em G C Em
For the world's more full of weeping
Am Bm Em
Than you can understand.
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Em Em
Away with us he's going
Am Bm Em
The solemn-eyed
Em Em
He'll hear no more the lowing
Am Bm Em
Of the calves on the warm hillside
G D
Or the kettle on the hob
Am Em
Sing peace into his breast
G D
Or see the brown mice bob
Am Em
Round and round the oatmeal chest.
G D
For here comes, O human child
Am Em
To the waters and the wild
G D
With a faery, hand in hand
Em G C Em
For the world's more full of weeping
Am Bm Em
Than you can understand.
(solo) Em C Em C Em C