Intro
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[Verse 1]
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As I roved out one evening fair
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By the verdant braes of Skreen
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I set my back to a hawthorn tree
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To view the sun in the West Country
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And the dew on the forest green
[Verse 2]
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F# lad I spied by Abhann's side
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And a maiden on his knee
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And he was as dark as the very brown wood
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And she all whey and wan to see
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All whey and wan was she
[Verse 3]
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"Oh sit you down on the grass," he said
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"On the dewy grass so green
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For the wee birds all have come and gone
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Since I my true love have seen," he said
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"Since I my true love have seen"
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[Verse 4]
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"Then I'll not sit on the grass," she said
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"Nor be a love of thine
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For I hear you love a Connaught girl
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And your heart's no longer mine," she said
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"And your heart's no longer mine"
[Verse 5]
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"Oh, but I will climb a high, high tree
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And I'll rob a wild bird's nest
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And back I'll bring what I find there
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To the arms that I love the best," she said
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"To the arms that I love best"
[Outro]
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