Vinnie Bankoski

[Verso 1] F# G# A# G# In the year of our lorde 1740, by grace F# A# G# F# G# F# Four Scotsmen From Stornoway ashored nere this place; F# G# A# G# Campell, McLachlan and the Brothers McNeil; F# A# F# G# Duncan and James and Hector and Neill. B A# They purchased some land where the Haw met the Deep, G# A# G# F# G# A# And formed the young town of Lockville on shores steep; B A# B A# And soon came a man, Ambrose Ramsey by name, G# A# G# F# G# F# Where theres hungry men working, some coin can be made! Solo: B A# G# A# G# F# [Verso 2] F# G# A# G# So a Tavern he built, on the banks of The Fear, F# A# G# F# G# F# Serving sturgeon, and stew, and plenty of beer; F# G# A# G# Song and good cheer shook the bar to its bones, F# A# G# F# G# F# Til patrons grew weary and headed for homes. B A# B A# One eve staggering home long the path by the shore, G# A# G# F# G# A# Twas the Brothers McNeill heard a lyrical roar; B A# B A# From out on the sands twixt the the shores far and near, G# A# G# F# G# F# Shimmered mystical forms uncommon and queer: [Refrão] D# C# B Singing Too Ra Loo, A# B A# Too Ra Loo Lie G# A# G# Too Ra Loo, Too Ra Loo F# G# A# Too Ra Loo Lie D# D# C# B Too Ra Loo, Too Ra Loo A# B A# Too Ra Loo Lie B A# G# F# Sang the sirens of Aulde Mermaid Pointe Solo: D# C# B A# B A# B A# G# A# G# F# [Verso 3] F# G# A# G# Tis a mermaid, just there! Stammered one to the other. F# A# G# F# G# F# I see her, for sure! And there is another! F# G# A# G# Splashing and laughing and singing their tunes, F# A# G# F# G# F# Combing flaxen long hair in the shine of the moon. B A# B A# But why way up here, so far from the sea? G# A# G# F# G# To rid of the salts and the brine and the weeds! B A# B A# They swim from the coast, sure vanity their star! B A# G# A# G# F# G F# Our Legends on the sands of our sirens bar! Solo: B A# G# A# G# F# [Verso 4] F# G# A# G# Soon night after night mermaids shone a pattern; F# A# G# F# G# F# In the shine of the moon and the grog of the tavern. F# G# A# G# Nere they appeared in the light of the day, F# A# G# F# G# F# In the clearness of mind, or when absinthes away B A# B A# Ore time ole Lockville met with decay; G# A# G# F# G# A# Fast water stole sand whence mermaids once laid; B A# B A# Old Ramseys stood til floods rose and climbed; B A# G# A# G# F# G F# But the lore of our sirens survive ebbs of time. [Refrão] D# C# B Singing Too Ra Loo, A# B A# Too Ra Loo Lie G# A# G# Too Ra Loo, Too Ra Loo F# G# A# Too Ra Loo Lie D# D# C# B Too Ra Loo, Too Ra Loo A# B A# Too Ra Loo Lie B A# G# F# Sang the sirens of Aulde Mermaid Pointe G# A# B A# G# F# Sang the sirens of Aulde Mermaid Pointe