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