Bonnie Portmore

verse 1: G Am C Am O Bonnie Portmore, I am sorry to have seen G Am C G Such woeful destruction of your ornament tree Am Bm Am C For it stood on your shore for many's the long day Am Bm Am D Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away verse 2: G Am C Am O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand G Am C G And the more I think on you, the more I think long Am Bm Am C If I had you now, as I had once before Am Bm Am D All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore verse 3: G Am C Am All the birds in the forest, they do bitterly weep G Am C G Sighing, "Where shall we shelter, o where shall we sleep?" Am Bm Am C For the oak and the ash, they are all cut down Am Bm Am D And the walls of Bonnie Portmore they are down to the ground verse 4: G Am C Am O Bonnie Portmore, you shine where you stand G Am C G And the more I think on you, the more I think long Am Bm Am C If I had you now, as I had once before Am Bm Am D All the lords in old England would not purchase Portmore.