Bonnie Bairns Dadgad chords by Kate Rusby

BONNIE BAIRNS
KATE RUSBY
DADGAD tuning
D= 000200
C= 032030
G= 550000

D                    C
A lady walked in yon wild wood,
G                 D
Beneath the holly tree,

D                        C
It was there she saw two bonnie bairns,
G                    D
There running at her knee.

D                          C
And the first she pulled a red, red rose,
G                     D
With hands as soft as silk,

D                         C
And the next she pulled a lily pale,
G                          D
With hands more white than milk.

D                    C
?Why do you pull the red, red rose,
G                D
And why the lily white??

D                    C
?We need them at the seat of grace,
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For the soul of thee tonight.?

D                    C
?Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns,
G                       D
I?ll dress you rich and fine,

D                          C
And for all the blackbirds in the woods,
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You?ll eat white bread and wine."

D                       C
The stars were shooting to and fro,
G                      D
But the thorns she did abhor,

D                        C
As the lady followed the bonnie bairns,
G                        D
For three long hours and more.

D                       C
?Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns,
G                 D
I?m woe and weary grown?,

D                     C
?We live where woe it never comes,
G                  D
In a land to flesh unknown.?


D                C
They came unto a tree of beech,
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Two names carved in the bark,

D                                 C
?Do you see your name carved here lady,
G                     D
The other lies in the dark.?

D                            C
And she wept in vain and she wept full sore,
G                        D
For her love laid in the ground,

D                      C
And she wept until the stars gave way,
G                           D
?Til the dawn it brought no sound.