Chords for The Bantry Girls' Lament - Frances Black, Mary Black, Joannie Madden

Oh, who will plough the fields now, or who will sow the corn?
_ And who will mine the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, _ unthrashed it may remain
Since Johnny went a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
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[A] Oh, the girls from the [F#] Bono [A] in sorrow may [E] retire
[A] And the Pipers and his fellows go [E] home and blow [A] the fire
Since Johnny, [D] lovely Johnny, [A] _
is saving all the [E] main
[A] Along with other [D] _ [A] patriarchs to fight the King of Spain.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] And the boys will sorely miss him when Money Moor [E] comes around
And [A] they find that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the Peelers must unguided _ against their [E] will and grain
[A] Since the gallant boys who gave them work now [B] appease the King [A] of Spain.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ At wakes or hurling matches your likes we'll [E] never see
[A] Till you come back to us again as [E] though we know no quid
And won't you try for peace that you owe us [E] much disdain
_ [A] Because our eyes are not [D] so bright as [E] those you [A] made in Spain.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] If cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to [E]
return
[A] His heavy loss, we Bantry girls, will never cease to mourn
We'll resign [D] ourselves to [A] our sad lot and die in [E] grief and pain
[A] Since Johnny died for [D] Ireland's pride [A] in the foreign lands of Spain.
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[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Oh, who will plough the fields now or who will sow [E] the corn
[A] And who will mine the sheep now and keep [E] them [A] meek ashore
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in May [E] remain
[A] Since Johnny went [D] thrashing [A] the dirty King of Spain.
_ The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in [E] May remain
[A] Since Johnny went thrashing to fight [E] the King [A] of Spain. _ _ _
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