The Riccarton Tollmans Daughter
by The Battlefield Band

Capo 3
Intro:
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-Verse-
   D (xx0232@1)                     GAs (320003@1)I was a walkin' through old Killie town,
       D (xx0232@1)             AIt (x02220@1)was at the back end o' November.
   D (xx0232@1)                  GMy (320003@1)gaze was drawn tae a gathering o' folk,
    D (xx0232@1)                 AAll (x02220@1)assembled by the Kilmarnock water.

-Chorus-
       EmIn (022000@1)the dreich winter's morn,
  AA (x02220@1)game was well begun,
    Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)      AThe (x02220@1)curling stain slid back and forwards.
        EmAnd (022000@1)the breaths like clouds, 
        AFloated (x02220@1)upwards to the skies,
         Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)      AWith (x02220@1)the whoops and cries o' the teams o' Curlers.

D (xx0232@1)                       GMy (320003@1)attention was drawn tae a young, bonny lass,
       D (xx0232@1)                    AAs (x02220@1)she stood and watched as a close observer.
   D (xx0232@1)                       GMy (320003@1)eyes were consumed as she followed all the play,
        D (xx0232@1)                    AAnd (x02220@1)she cheered on her father, and her brother.

EmI (022000@1)gaid and I spoke, 
      AAnd (x02220@1)I tellt her my name,
        Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)   AAnd (x02220@1)she said she was cried Jean Alexander.
    EmShe (022000@1)lived wi' her folk, 
       AAt (x02220@1)the Riccarton toll,
    Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)  AAnd (x02220@1)she was the tollman's only Daughter.

-Instrumental Bridge- D,G,A  D,G,A  D,G,A  Em,G,A

D (xx0232@1)                  GAt (320003@1)the end o' the game, her Father came across,
       D (xx0232@1)                   AAnd (x02220@1)he shook my hand, and he looked me over.
   D (xx0232@1)                     GHe (320003@1)says young man come and join us on the road
        D (xx0232@1)                  AThen (x02220@1)he took her arm, and we walked together.

EmAnd (022000@1)when we had went, 
          ATae (x02220@1)their cottage by the toll,
      Em (022000@1)               G (320003@1)         AI (x02220@1)was asked inside for a drink and a bladder.
    EmAnd (022000@1)that was the start, 
       AO' (x02220@1)the winning o' my heart.
        Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)       AAnd (x02220@1)the cortine of the tollman's daughter.

-Instrumental Bridge-

D (xx0232@1)                        GHere's (320003@1)a helf tae the good folk, o' old Killie Town,
    D (xx0232@1)                AThe (x02220@1)engineers, and the carpet workers.
    D (xx0232@1)                           GThe (320003@1)wabsters, the coopers, the distiller o' the dram,
      D (xx0232@1)                   GTheir (320003@1)women folk, and their sons and daughters.

Em (022000@1)          
And here's to the winter
     AThat (x02220@1)brought us all the snow
        Em (022000@1)              G (320003@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)the ice that froze Kilmarnock water
    EmAnd (022000@1)here's to the curlers,
     AThat (x02220@1)brought me to my love,
    Em (022000@1)                G (320003@1)  AThe (x02220@1)Riccarton tollman's only daughter

-Instrumental Bridge as Outro-

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