Chords for Martin Carthy & Eliza Carthy - Bows of London

[Cm] It was a momentary tug of war.
Only lasted a minute, so I didn't stand a chance.
_ [N] Please will you welcome Eliza Carthy.
Good. _ _
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_ _ _ _ The two little sisters [C] a-walkin' along
[Gm] Had the gang a-grinding
_ [C] Two [Gm] little sisters a-walkin' along
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of London _
And the eldest pushed her sister in
Had the gang a-grinding
_ Pushed her sister into the stream
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of London
Well [G] she pushed her in, she watched her drown
Had the gang a [Gm]-grinding _
[D] Watched her [Gm] body floating down
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of London
Well she floated [Dm] up, she floated down
Had the [G] gang a-grinding
_ Flounced and she [Gm] come to the [Dm] miller's dam
By the [Gm] bonnie, bonnie bows of London
And out had come the miller's son
Had the gang a-grinding
_ [D] Father [Gm] dear, his swims a [D]-swamp
By the [Gm] bonnie, bonnie bows of London
_ [G] _ So _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ they laid her out on the [Dm] bank to die
Had the [G] gang a [Dm]-grinding _
[G] _ [D] Fool with a fiddle come a-ridin' by
By the bonnie, bonnie bows [G] of London
_ And he took some strands [Dm] of her long yellow hair
Had the [G] gang a-grinding
_ [Gm] Took some strands of her long yellow hair
By the bonnie, [D] bonnie bows of London _
[G] And he made fiddle strings from this yellow hair
[D] Had the [Gm] gang a-grinding
_ [D] _ Made fiddle strings from this yellow hair
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of [Gm] London
_ And he made fiddle pegs from [D] a long finger bone
Had [G] the gang a-grinding _
[D] Made fiddle pegs from a long finger bone
By the bonnie, bonnie [Gm] bows of London
[G] _ _ [Gm] And he made a fiddle out of her breast [D] bone
Had the [G] gang a [Gm]-grinding
_ [D] Sound could pierce a heart of stone
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of [G] London
_ But the only [Gm] tune the fiddle would play
Was all the bows of London
[D] _ Only tune the fiddle would [Gm] play
Was the bonnie, [G] bonnie bows of London
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_ So _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
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_ _ [D] _ [Gm] _ the fool's gone away to [D] the King's [G] High Hall
[D] Had the gang a-grinding
_ [G] [D] There was music [Gm] dancing and all
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of London _
[D] And he laid his fiddle all down on a stone
Had the gang a [G]-grinding
It ain't so [D] loud it played all [Gm] alone
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of [G] London
_ For it sang yonder sits my father the King
[Gm] Had the gang a-grinding _
_ [D] Yonder [Gm] sits my father the King
By the bonnie, bonnie [D] bows of [G] London
Yonder sits my mother the Queen
Had the gang a [Gm]-grinding
_ [F] How shall we [D] but my burying
By the bonnie, bonnie bows [Gm] of London _ _
Yonder sits [F] my sister Anne
Had the [Gm] gang a [F]-grinding
[G] _ She [Fm] who [Gm] drowned me in the stream
By the bonnie, bonnie bows of London _ _ _ _
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