Spancil Hill
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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.
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