• Song:

    Spancil Hill

  • Artist:

    Misc Traditional

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Spancil Hill chords
Irish Traditional

Capo I

Am G Am

Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)                             Am (x02210@1) 
Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by,
                                   C (x32010@1)           GMe (320003@1)mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly,
  Am (x02210@1)                         C (x32010@1)             GI (320003@1)stepped aboard a vision, and followed with a will,
      Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)                             AmAnd (x02210@1)I shortly came to anchor, at the cross on Spancil Hill.

Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)                      AmIt (x02210@1)being the 23rd of June, the day before the fair,
                                      C (x32010@1)              GWhen (320003@1)Irelands' sons and daughters, in crowds assembled there,
    Am (x02210@1)                                         
The young and the old, the brave and the bold,
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)                            AmCame (x02210@1)their joy to fulfill, there were jovial conversations at the fair at Spancil Hill.

Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)                                AmI (x02210@1)went to see my neighbors, to hear what they might say,
                                         C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)old ones were all dead and gone, the young ones turning gray,
  Am (x02210@1)                                C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)met with the tailor Quigley he's as bald as ever still,
        Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)                              AmSure (x02210@1)he used to make me britches when I lived in Spancil Hill.

Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)                        AmI (x02210@1)paid a flying visit to my first and only love,
                                  C (x32010@1)         GShe (320003@1)s as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove,
    Am (x02210@1)                             C (x32010@1)               GShe (320003@1)threw her arms around me, saying Johnny I love you still,
          Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)                                Am (x02210@1)           
Oh, she's Nell the farmers daughter and the flower of Spancil Hill.

Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)                           AmI (x02210@1)dream t I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore,
                                        C (x32010@1)                GShe (320003@1)said Johnny you're only joking like many's the times before,
    Am (x02210@1)                         C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)cock he crew the morning, he crew both loud and shrill,
       Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)                             AmAnd (x02210@1)I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill.

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