Loch Tay Boat Song chords by The Corries

C             Em F      G    C
When I've done my work of day and I row my boat away
Am    F   G    C  Am   Dm        G
Doon the waters o' Loch Tay as the evening light is fadin'
G7   C        Em      F    G  C
And I look upon Ben Lawers where the after glory glow
Am   F    G     C   Am   Dm  G    C
And I dream on two bright eyes and the melting mouth below

F     G    C
She's my beauteous nighean ruach [nighean ruach = red-haired lass - pronounced neon roe]
Am    F    G   C
She's my joy and sorrow too
Am   F    G    C
And although she is untrue
Am     Dm       G
Ah, but I cannot live without her
G7   C        Em
For my heart's a boat in tow
Am    F    G    Em
And I'd give the world to know
Am   F    G   C
Why she means to let me go
Am   Dm   G   C
As I sing horee, horo

C             Em      F    G  C
Nighean ruach, your lovely hair has more glamour I declare
   Am   F    G     C   Am Dm    G
Than all the tresses rare from Killen to Aberfeldy
G7   C            Em     F   G    C
Be they lint, white, brown, or gold be they blacker than the sloe
Am    F   G    C    Am   Dm  G    C
They have no more worth to me than a meltin flake o' snow

    F    G    C
And her dance is like the gleam
Am    F    G   C
O'er the sunlight on the stream
Am   F    G    C
And the songs the faeries sing
Am     Dm          G
Seems like songs she sings at milkin'
G7   C        Em
But my heart is full of woe
Am    F    G    Em
For last night she bade me go
Am   F    G   C
And the tears begin to flow
Am   Dm   G   C
As I sing horee, horo