Show of Hands - The setting mary from dungloe
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Show of hands' combination arrangement of two songs:
"The setting" by Ralph McTell and "Mary of Dungloe" (trad).
From "Roots – The Best of Show of Hands" (2007).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm_-3nbFAiU
[CHORD forms in A]
EADGBe
Asus2/G# 4XX200
Asus2/C# X4X200
E * 0xx457
A/C# x4x655
[Verse 1]
I’ll nAever fAsus2/G#orget the D/F#walk to the stEation,
D Asus2/C# A E *
Me with your suitcase being brotherly and strong
And tA/C#rying to make lDighDmaj7t of the whEole sitF#muation,
In liDght converAsus2/C#sation we mE/Boved through the thDsus2rong D E
[Verse 2]
And yAou with yourAsus2/G# bright eyes and D/F#best dress for trEavelling
D Asus2/C# A E *
Me in my work clothes, unshaven and plain,
I fA/C#ully intDenDmaj7ded to pEut in a hF#malf day
But mDy good inAsus2/C#tentions went with E/Byou on the Dsus2train. D E
[Verse 3]
And I neAver lookedAsus2/G# back as the tD/F#rain left the statEion,
D Asus2/C# A E *
Crossed over the roadway and into the park,
And tA/C#here in a bDarDmaj7 an oEld man was F#msinging,
And DI sat there Asus2/C#drinking unE/Btil it grew daDrk E- so daArk
[Verse 4]
Oh, fAare ye wEell, sweet DDonegAal, the RDosses aEnd GweedAore.
I'm crAossing tEhe main DoceaEn, where plDunging bAillows F#mroar. E
It breAaks my hEeart for uDs to pEart, we’ve spDent many hAappy F#mdays E
AFar away from frEiends and relDatiAons, I'm bDound for AmEerikAay.
[Verse 5]
I wAish I wEas in swDeet DunglAoe,
And now all the stars were hidden by rain clouds,
and seDated Eon the grAass
The song of the old man locked in my brain,
And bAy my siEde a bDottle of wEine
For all emigration is the curse of the nation
and oDn my knAee a F#mlass. E
The setting now fitting his sad sweet refrain.
I'd cAall for lEiquor Dof the bEest
[spoken:] And above all the roar of the town was the blue sky,
and I'd pDay befAore I would F#mgo E
I heard the birds singing for [sung:]the dawning of the day
And I'd roAll my MEary Din myA arms
And there was no help from the city forthcoming,
in the tDown of swEeet DunglAoe.
No sympathy numbing your going away.