X:157
T:Verdant Braes of Screen
R:
song
D:Mick Hanly: A Kiss in the Morning Early
D:Altan: Another Sky
Z:id:hn-song-157
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=100
K:G
D2 | G2B2 A3F | (GA)(GF) D2
Bc | d2d2 (AG)(AB) | c6
(Bc) | d2d2 (AB)(cB) | (GA)(GF) D2
D2 | G2B2 A2GF | (GA)(GF) D2
Bc | d2(A/B/)c (BG)(AF) | G6 ||
W:As I roved out one evening fair
W:By the verdant braes of Screen
W:I set my back to a hawthorn tree
W:To view the sun in the west country
W:And the dew on the forest green.
W:
W:A lad I spied by Abhann's side
W:And a maiden by his knee
W:And he was dark as the very brown wood
W:And she all whey and wan to see
W:All whey and wan was she.
W:
W:"Oh sit you down on the grass", he said,
W:"On the dewy grass so green
W:For the wee birds all have come and gone
W:Since I my true love have seen", he said
W:"Since I my true love have seen"
W:
W:"Then I'll not sit on the grass", she said,
W:"Nor be a love of thine
W:For I hear you love a Connaught maid
W:And your heart's no longer mine", she said,
W:"And your heart's no longer mine"
W:
W:"And I'll not heed what an old man says,
W:For his days are well nigh done.
W:And I'll not heed what a young man says,
W:For he's fair for many's the one", she said,
W:"For he's fair for many's the one."
W:
W:"But I will climb a high, high tree
W:And rob a wild bird's nest
W:And back I'll bring whatever I do find
W:To the arms that I love best", she said
W:"To the arms that I love best"