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