Irish Songs With Easy Chords & Lyrics
Come Away Bonnie Lad
Intro: D-D-G-D D-A-D-D
| D | G | D |
Come a | way bonnie lad, it's | making me | sad |
| A |
I've loved you these twenty long | years |
| D | G | D |
You're as | pure as the heather my | bonnie wee | lad |
| A | D |
Come away it is the | fifes that I | hear. |
| D | G | D |
You're the | lightness, my son of your | father who's | gone |
| A |
From the earth and I well do re | call |
| D | G | D |
T'was a | morning like this when he | chanced for to | hear |
| A | D |
The fifes calling | out one and | all. |
| D | G | D |
If you | follow the fifes you will | ne'er see a | gain |
| A |
The sweet purple heather in | bloom |
| D | G | D |
I | once said the same to your | father in | vain |
| A | D |
As the fife was lure | playing their | tune. |
Play one verse instrumentally
| D | G | D |
Come a | way it is the fifes, they're | playing a | tune |
| A |
For the likes of you to be | ready |
| D | G | D |
They're | playing a tune I re | member so | well |
| A | D |
When I last saw your | father, dear | laddie. |
| D | G | D |
Come a | way bonnie lad, t'is/this? | ..... t'is | sad |
| A |
When I hear of a yonder blue | heather |
| D | G | D |
T'is the | pipers again calling | out the young | men |
| A | D |
To die in the | fields of en | deavour. |
Repeat 1st verse
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