Verse
D
It's of a jolly sailor
C G D
That's lately come from sea
D
He dressed himself in tarry clothes
C G D
His true love to go see
D
He dressed himself in tarry clothes
C G D
Just like a sailor's trade
G
For to try the heart of Mary-Ann
C G D
The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 2]
D
As Jimmy went a-walking
C G D
A-by the Riley strand
D
Down by his lover's cottage
C G D
Where he spied his Mary-Ann
D
She appeared to him like floral
C G D
All in the silks arrayed
G
But the thorn was in the bosom of
C G D
The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 3]
D
"Good morning pretty Mary,
C G D
I'm glad to meet you here
D
But I feared your inclinations they're
C G D
No longer firm me dear
D
I'm afeared your inclinations
C G D
They have turned some other way" -
G
"Oh begone from me" cried Mary-Ann
C G D
The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 4]
D
As Jimmy turned to leave her
C G D
The sailor said "Behold"
D
And from his trousers pockets
C G D
He pulled out a purse of gold
D
"Forgive me now" cried Mary-Ann
C G D
"For all that I have said,
G
You are welcome to my cottage with
C G D
Your lovely lowland maid"
[Verse 5]
Em G
"Remember cruel damsel
C D
The last words that you said
D
Oh I can lie 'til morning in
C G D
Some farmers barn or shed
D
Now I can lie 'til morning in
C G D
Some farmers barn or shed"
G
And away he strayed from Mary--Ann
C G D
The cruel lowland maid
[Interlude]
G C G C D
D G C G C D
[Verse 6]
D
Straight away to another lover
C G D
This fair one she did go
D
"Have courage now dear Edmund
C G D
For with me you must go.
D
Have courage now dear Edmund
C G D
And do no me betray.
G
We will kill and rob the sailor boy
C G D
Before the break of day"
[Verse 7]
D
Over hills and lofty mountains
C G D
Through dales and swampy lands
D
They travelled with their lanterns
C G D
And their daggers in their hands
D
And with their lights and lanterens
C G D
To light them on their way
G
'Til they reached the fateful stable where
C G D
The sailor boy he lay
[Verse 8]
Em G
Into his tender bosom
C G Dm
They plunged the dagger deep
D
They robbed him of his glittering gold
C G D
And left him there to sleep
D
Some shepherds herding off their flocks
C G D
Across the fields did stray
G
And they swore against the villain and
C G D
The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 9]
D
Oh now the couple is taken
C G D
And sentenced to be hung
D
For the murdering of young Jimmy
C G D
Who was scarcely in his bloom
D
And as they swung high in the air
C G D
The people all did say
G
"For the murdering of the sailor hangs
C G D
The cruel lowland maid."
[Outro]
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D G C G C D
D G C G Bb
- 1. Chord Gitar Caladh Nua - The Cruel Lowland Maid Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Caladh Nua - The Cruel Lowland Maid Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan