Intro: C
verse 1
F
The train to Sligo moves too slow
C F
As it brings her from the school below
C F
She wants to be home faster than
C G
The train to Sligo ever can
verse 2
C F
She wonders where the passing time goes
C F C
Creeping by her window, my oh my
F
It’s getting longer than
G C
It ever has before
Eyes wide as silver dollars
I Can’t think why, but she’s a scholar
Bb
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
G
What’s right from what is wrong
C
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
Bb
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
G C
'Learn to sing your song'
verse 3
F
The train from Sligo moves too fast
C F
When holidays are gone at last
C F
Winter days are here again
C G
Please promise me you’ll write me then
verse 4
C F
It’s two long weeks till I get home
C F
I can’t help feeling all alone
C F
If someone doesn’t write me soon
G C
I’ll simply fade away
Eyes wide as silver dollars
I Can’t think why, but she’s a scholar
Bb
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
G
What’s right from what is wrong
C
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
Bb
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
G C
'Learn to sing your song'
Instrumental
C F C F C F C G
C F C F C F G C
Eyes wide as silver dollars
I Can’t think why, but she’s a scholar
Bb
Hold on, it seems so long to learn
G
What’s right from what is wrong
C
Oh, school books and fancy collars
I might not care to be a scholar
Bb
'Hold on' her daddy tells her
G C
'Learn to sing your song'