Chords for 'LILLY DALE' - 1852 - Performed by Tom Roush

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[E] Twas a calm still night [A] and the moon's pale light [E] shone soft [C#m] over [F#] hill [B] and vale. _
[E] When friends mute with grief [A] stood around the deathbed [E] of my poor [B] lost [E] Lily Dale.
_ _ [A] Oh Lily, [B] sweet [E]
Lily, _ [A] dear [F#] [B] Lily Dale, _
[E] Now the wild rose blossoms [A] over her little green grave,
[E] Make the trees [B] in the [E] flowery vale.
_ Oh [A] Lily, [B] _ [E] sweet Lily, _ [C#m] dear [B] Lily Dale,
[E] Now the wild rose blossoms [A] over her little green grave,
[E] Make the trees [B] in the [E] flowery vale.
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[E] Her cheeks that once flowed [A] with the rose-tint of health,
[E] By the hand [C#m] of [F#] disease [B] has turned pale.
[E] The death-damp was [A] on the pure white brow [E] of my poor [B] lost Lily [E] Dale. _
_ Oh [A] Lily, [B] sweet [E]
Lily, _ [C#m] dear [F#] [B] Lily Dale, _
[E] Now the wild rose blossoms [A] over her little green grave,
[E] Make the trees [B] in the [E] flowery vale.
_ Oh [A] Lily, [B] _ [E] sweet Lily, _ [C#m] dear [F#] Lily [B] _ Dale,
[E] Now the wild rose blossoms [A] over her little green grave,
[E] Make the trees [B] in the [E] flowery vale.
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[E] I go, she said, to [A] the land of rest,
[E] And here [C#m] my [F#] strength [B] shall fail.
I [E] must tell you where, near [A] my own loved home,
You [E] must lay [B] Lily [E] Dale. _
_ Oh [A] Lily, [B] sweet _ [E]
Lily, _ [C#m] dear Lily [B] Dale, _
[E] Now the wild rose blossoms over [A] her little green grave,
Make [E] the trees [B] in the [E] flowery vale.
_ Oh [A] Lily, [B] _ [E] sweet Lily, _ [C#m] dear [F#] Lily [B] Dale,
Now [E] the wild rose blossoms over [A] her little green grave,
Make [E] the trees in [B] the [E] flowery vale.
[C#]
Near [F#] the chestnut tree where [B] the wild flowers grow,
And [F#] the stream [D#m] ripples [G#] forth through [C#] the vale,
Where [F#] the birds shall warble [B] or song and spring,
[F#] There lay [C#] poor Lily [F#] Dale. _
_ Oh [B] Lily, [C#] sweet _ [F#]
Lily, _ [D#m] dear [G#] Lily [C#] Dale,
Now [F#] the wild rose blossoms over [B] her little green grave,
Make [F#] the trees in [C#] the [F#] flowery vale.
_ [B] Oh Lily, _ [C#] _ [F#] sweet Lily, _ [D#m] dear [G#] Lily [C#] Dale,
Now [F#] the wild rose blossoms over [B] her little green grave,
Make [F#] the trees in [C#] the [F#] flowery vale. _ _
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