Blackwater Side chords by Daoiri Farrell

Verse 1:
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Oh, as I went out one morning, it was early as I strayed,
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And it being all in the month of May, when the birds sang in the shade,
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And the sun smiled melodiously then following close with pride
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Were the primroses and the daises from around Blackwater side.


Verse 2:
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Well I went on but half a mile when there I chanced to spy
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Two lovers talking as they walked down by Blackwater side.
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And as he held her in his arms, these words to him she said,
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“Oh stay at home and Do not raom from your lovely Irish maid.”

Verse 3:
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“For, when you are in America, those Yankee girls you’ll find,
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And you’ll have sweethearts of your own more pleasing to your eye.
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And you'll forget those promises and vows to me you made,
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So stay at home and Do not roam from your lovely Irish maid.”


Verse 4:
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“Oh when I'm in America, those Yankee girls I’ll surely find,
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But they have to be more charming than the one that I left behind,
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For there’s not a flower in yonder bower or bloom in yonder glade,
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That can remind me, love, of you, me lovely Irish maid.”


Verse 5:
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“Oh, it's many a foolish man,” said she, “has left for a foreign shore,
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And leaving his own true love behind, perhaps to see no more.
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But in the crossing of the Atlantic foam sometimes their graves are made,
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So stay at home, and Do not roam, from your lovely Irish maid.”


Verse 6:
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Oh, like two fond hearts together well this couple did embrace,
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Like cherry blossums on the flower the tears fell from her face,
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“And, there’s not a day when you’re away that I'll visit still this place
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So stay at home with me now, I'm your lovely Irish maid.”


Verse 7:
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Oh, as I roved out one morning, it was early as I strayed,
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And it being all in the month of May, when the birds sang in the shade,
         C          G                C                    G
When the sun smiled melodiously then following close with pride
         C                 G           C                 C
Were the primroses and the daises from around Blackwater side.
         C                 G           C                 C
Were the primroses and the daises from around Blackwater side.