Banks Of The Nile chords by Sandy Denny
Guitar chords with lyrics
BANKS OF THE NILE Sandy Denny Dm G C Am Dm C Dm Oh hark! the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay. Dm G C Am G Am The bugle-horns are sounding clear, and we must march away. Dm G C Am G Am We?re ordered down to Portsmouth, and it's many is the weary mile. Dm G C Am Dm C Dm To join the British Army on the banks of the Nile. Dm G C Am Dm C Dm Oh Willie, dearest Willie, don?t leave me here to mourn, Dm G C Am G Am Don?t make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born. Dm G C Am G Am For the parting of our love would be like parting with my life. Dm G C Am Dm C Dm So stay at home, my dearest love, and I will be your wife.
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Dm G C Am Dm C Dm
Oh my Nancy, dearest Nancy, sure that will never do.
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The government has ordered, and we are bound to go.
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The government has ordered, and the Queen she gives command.
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And I am bound on oath, my love, to serve in a foreign land.
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Oh, but I?ll cut off my yellow hair, and I?ll go along with you.
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I?ll dress myself in uniform, and I?ll see Egypt too.
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I?ll march beneath your banner while fortune it do smile,
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And we?ll comfort one another on the banks of the Nile.
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But your waist it is too slender, and your fingers they are too small.
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In the sultry suns of Egypt your rosy cheeks would spoil.
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Where the cannons they do rattle, when the bullets they do fly,
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And the silver trumpets sound so loud to hide the dismal cries.
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Oh, cursed be those cruel wars, that ever they began,
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For they have robbed our country of manes the handsome men.
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They?ve robbed us of our sweethearts while their bodies they feed the lions,
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On the dry and sandy deserts which are the banks of the Nile.