Chords for Mary Dillon - Bleacher Boy (Horo Gheallaidh)

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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Once I loved a bonnie boy, [G] and he vied he loved [C] me,
And we vied to [Em] each other, [Dm] that married [G] we'd [C] be.
All vies and _ protestations [Dm] between us [G] he broke, _
[Am] He has now gone and [C] left me, [G] he has me [Am] for sir.
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[C] My love is tall and [G] handsome, he is fit for [C] a queen,
At the foot of the Amchur churchyard [Dm] he keeps a [G] bleach green.
He has [C] four and twenty _ bleachers [Dm] all day in [G] his sails,
[Am] And a soul [C] of occupations, [G] bleaching green and then [C] white.
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_ [C] am weary, weary, wandering [G] all night and [C] all day,
Since my bonnie [F] boy has [Em] left me, he [Dm] has quite gone [G] astray.
_ [C] He flies away early, [F] he has wounded [G] me still,
[Am] He has left me in [C] the deserts, [G] a wild, wild [Am] care.
_ [G] _ Some [C]
say he's a sailing _ [G] unto the [C] isle of man,
Some say he'll [F] never [Em] prosper [Dm] for what he [G] has done,
[C] But I wish him [F] safe [Em] journey [D] and a fair winter [G] glow.
_ [Am] My blessings [C] on my bleacher boy, [G] where'er he does go.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] And I wish that I could write and [G] handle [F] a [C] pen,
I would write my [F] love a [Em] letter [Dm] along to his [G] friends,
[C] I would write him [G] a [C] account of [D] my [Am] trouble [G] and strife.
[Am] My blessings on my [C] bleacher boy, [G] where _ [E]'er he [Am] does go.
[G] _ _ Where [Dm] _ _ [G] _ 'er he does [F] go.
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