Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell Aunt Rhody that the old grey goose is dead
The one she's been saving, the one she's been saving
The one she's been saving to make a feather bed
She died in a mill pond, she died in a mill pond
She died in a mill pond standing on her head
The goslings are crying, the goslings are crying
The goslings are crying cause their mammy's dead
The gander is weepin,' the gander is weepin
The gander is weepin' cause his wife is dead
Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell Aunt Rhody that the old grey goose is dead
There is a tavern in the town, in the town
And there my true love sits him down, sits him down
And he drinks his wine 'mid laughter free
And never, never thinks of me, thinks of me
Fare thee well for I must leave you
Do not let this parting grieve you
But remember that the best of friends must part
Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu, adieu, adieu
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree
And may the world go well with thee, well with thee
He left me for a damsel dark, damsel dark
Each Friday night we used to spark, used to spark
And now my love once true to me
Takes that dark damsel on his knee, on his knee
Fare thee well for I must leave you...
Oh dig my grave both wide and deep, wide and deep
Put tombstones at my head and feet, head and feet
And on my breast carve a turtle-dove
To signify that I died of love, of love
Fare thee well for I must leave you
Do not let this parting grieve you
But remember that the best of friends must part
Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu, adieu, adieu
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree
And may the world go well with thee, well with thee
Guitar chords for There is a Tavern in the Town
G
There is a tavern in the town, in the town
D7
And there my true love sits him down, sits him down
G C
And he drinks his wine 'mid laughter free
D7 G
And never, never thinks of me, thinks of me
G
Fare thee well for I must leave you
C
Do not let this parting grieve you
D G
But remember that the best of friends must part
G
Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu, adieu, adieu
D7
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you
G C
I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree
D7 G
And may the world go well with thee, well with thee
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
Onward the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
Thunderclaps rend the air
Baffled, our foes stand by the shore
Follow they will not dare
Speed bonnie boat...
Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore could wield
When the night came silently lay
Dead on Culloden's field
Speed bonnie boat...
Though the waves leap, soft shall he sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head
Speed bonnie boat...
Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scattered the loyal men
Yet e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
Onward the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye
Guitar chords for Skye Boat Song
A F#m Bm E
Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing
A D A
Onward the sailors cry
F#m Bm E
Carry the lad that's born to be king
A D A
Over the sea to Skye
F#m Bm
Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
F#m D F#m
Thunderclaps rend the air
Bm
Baffled our foes stand by the shore
F#m D F#m,—E7.
Follow they will not dare
Farewell you dungeons dark and strong, farewell, farewell to thee
Mac Phereson's song will not be long upon the gallows tree
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin'ly played he
He played a tune and he danced it roon, below the gallows tree
Oh little did my mother know when first she cradled me
That I would become a roving boy and die on the gallows tree
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin'ly played he
He played a tune and he danced it roon, below the gallows tree
Untie these bands from off my hands and give to me my bow
I've got to leave my gay Scotland with a tune before I go
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin'ly played he
He played a tune and he danced it roon, below the gallows tree
There's some come here to see me hang, and some to steal my fiddle
But before that I do part with her, I'll split her through the middle
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin'ly played he
He played a tune and he danced it roon, below the gallows tree
He took the fiddle into both his hands, he broke it o'er his knee
Saying;When I am gone no other hands shall ever play on thee
Sae rantin'ly, sae wantonly, sae dauntin'ly played he
He played a tune and he danced it roon, below the gallows tree
As I was walking one morning in May
I heard a young couple so fondly did stray
And one was a fair maid as fair as can be
And the other was a soldier of the brave Grenadiers
And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other
They went arming along the road like sister and brother
They went arming along the road till they came to a stream
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing
Then out from his knapsack he drew a fine fiddle
And he played her such merry tunes as you ever did hear
And he played her such merry tunes as the valley did ring
Oh la, cried the fair maid, How the nightingales sing
And they kissed so sweet and comforting...
I'm off to India for seven long years
Drinking wines and strong whiskies instead of strong beers
And if ever I return again it'll be in the spring
And we'll both sit down together love to hear the Nightingale sing
And they kissed so sweet and comforting...
Oh, then says the fair maid, Won't you marry me?;
Oh no, says the soldier, However could that be?
For I've my son and wife at home in my own country
And she is the fairest little maid as you ever did see
And they kissed so sweet and comforting as they clung to each other
They went arming along the road like sister and brother
They went arming along the road till they came to a stream
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing
When I was a little lad or so my mother told me
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
That if I didn't kiss the girls my lips would all grow mouldy
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul away together
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
King Louis was the king of France, before the revolution
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
And then he had his head cut off which spoiled his constitution
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul away together
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
The cook is in the galley making duff so handy
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
The captain's in his cabin drinking wine and brandy
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul away together
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather
Way haul away, we'll haul away, Joe
Yellow bird up high in banana tree
Yellow bird you sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad
You can fly away in the sky away
You more lucky than me
I also have a pretty girl
She not with me today
They're all the same the pretty girls
Make them the nest then they fly away
Yellow bird high up in banana tree
Yellow bird you sit all alone like me
Picker coming soon pick from night to noon
Black and yellow, you like banana too
Better fly away in the sky away
They might pick you some day
Wish that I was a yellow bird
I'd fly away with you
But I'm not a yellow bird
So here I sit, nothing else to do
Guitar chords for Yellow Bird
C G7 C
Yellow bird up high in banana tree
G7 C
Yellow bird you sit all alone like me
F C
Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
G7 C
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad
F C
You can fly away in the sky away
G7 C
You more lucky than me
C F
I also have a pretty girl
G7 C
She not with me today
C F
They're all the same the pretty girls
G7 C
Make them the nest then they fly away
Come gather round people wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you'd better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changing
Come writers and critics who prophesy with your pen
And keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
And there's no telling who that it's naming
'Cause the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changing
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled
The battle outside a-raging
Will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changing
Come mothers and fathers throughout this land
And don't criticise what you don't understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly aging
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend a hand
For the times they are a-changing
The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast
The slow one now will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly changing
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changing
The Water is wide, I cannot get o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that will carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
Oh, down in the meadows, the other day
A-gathering flowers both fine and gay
A-gathering flowers both red and blue
I little thought what love can do
I put my hand into one soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I pricked my finger right to the bone
And left the sweetest flower alone
I leaned my back up against some oak
Thinking that he was a trusty tree
But first he bended and then he broke
And so did my false love to me
A ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I can sink or swim
Oh, love is handsome and love is fine
And love's a jewel while it is new
But when it is old, it groweth cold
And fades away like morning dew
Guitar chords for The Water is Wide
C F C
The water is wide, I can-not get o'er
Am G
And neither have I wings to fly
C Am
Give me a boat that will carry two
G F C
And both shall row, my love and I
Step we gaily, On we go, heel for heel, and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's wedding
Over hill ways up and down
Myrtle green and bracken brown
Past the sheiling through the town
All for sake of Mairi
Step we gaily, On we go, heel for heel, and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's wedding
Plenty herring, plenty meal
Plenty peat to fill her creel
Plenty bonny bairns as weel
That's the toast for Mairi
Step we gaily, On we go, heel for heel, and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's wedding
Cheeks as bright as rowans are
Brighter far than any star
Fairest of them all by far
Is my darling Mairi
Step we gaily, On we go, heel for heel, and toe for toe
Arm in arm and on we go, all for Mairi's wedding
Guitar Chords
C
Step we gaily, on we go
F G
Heel for heel and toe for toe
C
Arm in arm and on we go
F G
All for Mairi's Wedding