Chords for Ronnie Drew - The Lowlands of Holland [Audio Stream]

_ _ _ When that I was [F] married, [C] and in my [Am] marriage bed,
_ [C] There came a bowlsy [F] captain, [C] and he stood [G] at [C] my bedhead,
Saying, [G] Arise, arise, [F] young [C] wretched man, and come along [Am] with me
To [C] the lowlands, oh Holland, [Am] for to [F] fight the _ [C]
enemy.
_ Now Holland is a lovely [F] land, [G] and in it there [A] grows fine wine,
_ _ [C] It is a place of [F] residence [C] for [G] soldiers to [C]
remain.
_ Now this [G] sugar cane [F] grows plenty [C] full, [F] let's see [C] grows on [A] each tree.
_ [D] I only [C] had the one to love, and [Am] now he's gone, [C] gone away from me.
_ Said the mother to her _
[F] daughter, [C] leave off your sorrow [Am] and vent,
_ Is there a man in Ireland that will [G] fill your heart's [C] content?
_ Hey, there's men and dogs [F] in Ireland, but [D] alas there is none [Am] for me.
_ [F] Since I went and stormed the seas [Am] of that [Fm] beautiful homeland of yours,
I'll wear no suit all on my [F] feet, [G] no comb all in [A] my hair, _
[C] I'll wear no thing around my neck but to shade my [G] beauty fair, _
And neither [G] will I marry [D]
until the day [Am] I die.
_ [C] Since I went and stormed the seas [Am] of that [F] beautiful [C] homeland of yours, _ _ _
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