Kellswater chords by Loreena Mckennitt

Loreena McKennitt - Kellswater



Intro:
Am F Am F

Verse 1:
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Here's a health to you, bonny Kellswater
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Where you get all the pleasures of life
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Where you get all the fishing and fowling
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And a bonny wee lass for your wife

Verse 2:
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Oh, it's down where yon waters run muddy
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I'm afraid they will never run clear
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And it's when I begin for to study
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My mind is on him that's not here

Verse 3:
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And it's this one and that one may court him
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But if anyone gets him but me
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It's early and late I will curse them
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The parting lovely Willie from me

Verse 4:
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Oh, a father, he calls on his daughter
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"Two choices I'll give unto thee
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Would you rather see Willie's ship a-sailing
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Or see him hung like a dog on yonder tree?"

Instrumental:
Am C/G F  Am C/G F

Verse 5:
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"Oh father, dear father, I love him
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I can no longer hide it from thee
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Through an acre of fire I would travel
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Along with lovely Willie, to be"

Verse 6:
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Oh, hard was the heartbreak I'm finding
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She took from her full heart's delight
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May the chains of old Ireland come find them
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And soften their pillows at night

Verse 7:
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Oh, yonder there's a ship on the ocean
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And she does not know which way to steer
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From the east and the west she's a-blowing
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She reminds me of the charms of my dear

Verse 8:
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Oh, it's yonder my Willie will be coming
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He said he'd be here in the spring
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And it's down by yon green shades I'll meet him
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And among wild roses we'll sing

Verse 9:
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For a gold ring he placed on my finger
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Saying, "Love, bear this in your mind
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If ever I sail from old Ireland
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You'll mind, I'll not leave you behind"

Instrumental:
Am C/G F  Am C/G F

Verse 10:
  Am      C/G    F
Farewell to you, bonny Kellswater
     Am     C/G     F
Where you get all the pleasures of life
     Am     C/G     F
Where you get all the fishing and fowling
   Am    C/G      F
And a bonny wee lass for your wife

Outro:
Am C/G F  Am C/G F
Am C/G F  Am C/G F