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