Spancil Hill

Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste Dm C Dm Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by, C G my mind then went on rambling, to Ireland I did fly. Dm C G I stepped on board a vision and I followed with a will, Dm C Dm 'till next I came to anchor at the cross on Spancil Hill. Dm C Dm It bein' on the twenty-third of June, the day before the fair, C G when Ireland's sons and daughters and friends assembled Dm C The young, the old, the brave and the bold came their duty to fulfil, Dm C Dm at the parish church in Clooney, a mile from Spancil Hill. Dm C Dm I went to see me neighbours to see what they might say, C G the old ones were all dead and gone the young ones turning grey. Dm C G But I met the tailor Quigley, he's as bald as ever still, Dm C Dm and he used to make me breeches when I lived in Spancil Hill. Dm C Dm I paid a flying visit to my first and only love, C G she's as white as any lily and gentle as a dove. Dm C G And she threw her arms around me saying, "Johnny I love you still !" Dm C Dm Ah, she's Nell the farmer's daughter and the pride of Spancil Hill. Dm C Dm I dreamed I held and kissed her as in the days of yore, C G ah, Johnny you're only joking as many's the time before. Dm C G Then the cock he crew in the morning he crowed both loud and shrill, Dm C Dm C Dm I awoke in California many miles from Spancil Hill.