Chords for Fairport Convention - The Hiring Fair (2012)

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_ _ [C] [E] I went down [C] to the hiring fair [G] for to sell [D] her labour.
[Em] I noticed a maid in [C] the very [Bm] next row and I hoped [C] she'd be my neighbour.
[G] Imagine [D] then my delight [Em] when the farmer [C] picked a spruce.
Though I spoke not a word on the cart to the farm,
a heart beat [Em] in my throat.
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[Am] _ [C] [E] My lodging was dry, [C] my master fair, [G] and I gave him [D] full measure.
[Em] Like corn in [C] the field my envy [Bm] grew, for in his [C] house was my treasure.
[G] I'd watch [D] her carry water [Em] or drive cows [C] from the by-oak,
and the heat from the sun made the corn grow strong. _
[Em] And with it my desire to _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
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[C] _ [E] see her [C] in my dreaming, [G] in my [D] dreams caress.
[E] Her lips, her [C] eyes, her long brown [Bm] hair, the curves [C] beneath her dress.
[G] When harvest [D] time it came at [Em] length, so heavy [C] was our task.
But the women and the men worked side by side, so I [E] had her near at last.
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[Em] _ I swung [C] hard at her with my [G] scythe, few words between [D] us passed.
[E] And I cursed my [C] tongue-tied youthfulness, [Bm] and hoped she'd hear [C] my heart.
[G] And all were [D] safely gathered [G] in, and we sat [C] down to rest.
My trembling fingers brushed her arm, and she placed them [Em] on her breast.
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[Em] She turned to [C] me as the sun went [G] down, and all my [D] senses reeled.
And _ [A] we lay [Am] there on the scented [Bm] ground, till the moon rose [C] over the field.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] She was [C] safely gathered in my [G] arms [D] when from the barn [Em] we lifted the [C] sound of the violin.
[Bm] And we heard [C] to the farm, [G] we all were dancing in [D] the lantern [Bm] light, [Em] and the music filled the [C] air.
And I thank the Lord and the harvest moon, for the girl from the [Em] hiring fair.
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