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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro] Em G A B7 Em G A B7 Em [Verse]
There lived a lady by the North Sea Dshore Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom Twa daughters were the bairns she Dbore CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
One was as bright as is the Dsun Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom Sae coal black grew the elder Done CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
A knight came riding to the ladies' Ddoor Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom He travelled far to be their Dwooer CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
He courted one, aye, with gloves and Drings Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom But he loved the other above all Dthings CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental] Em G A B7 Em [Verse]
"Sister, sister won't you walk with Dme Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom An' see the ships sail upon Dsea?" CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
And as they stood on that windy Dshore Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom The elder sister pushed her younger Do'er CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
Sometimes she sank or sometimes she Dswam Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom Crying, "Sister, reach to me your Dhand" CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
And there she floated just like a Dswan Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom The salt sea carried her body Don CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental] Em G A B7 Em G A B7 Em [Verse]
Two minstrels walking by the north sea Dstrand Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom They saw the maiden, aye, float to Dland CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
They made a harp out of her breast Dbone Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom The sound of which would melt a heart of Dstone CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
They took three locks of her yellow Dhair Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom And wi' them strung that harp so Drare CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Instrumental] Em G A B7 x3 Em G A B7 Em [Verse]
The first string that those minstrels Dtried Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom Then terror seized the black-haired Dbride CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
The second string played a doleful Dsound Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom "The younger sister, oh, she is Ddrowned" CFa la la la la la la la la Emla
[Verse]
The third string, it played beneath their Dbow Lay the Embairn tae the bonnie broom "And surely now her tears will Dflow" CFa la la la la la la la la Emla