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[Verse]
                                C
Dark is the evening, silent the hour
    G                       C
Oh, who is that minstrel by yonder lone tower?
      G                                  C
Whose heart is so tenderly touching with skill?
    G                          D          G
Oh, who could it be, but young Ned of the hill?

[Verse]
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Who sings, "Lady love, will you come with me now?
G                         C         Am
Come and live out with me under the bough
     G                                        C
I'll pillow your head where the light fairies tread
   G                           D          G
If you will but wed with young Ned of the hill"

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
                                        C
Young Ned of the hill has no castle, no hall
   G                     C
No bowmen or spearmen to come at his call
    G                              C
But one little archer of exquisite skill
    G                             D          G
Has shot a bright shaft for young Ned of the hill

[Verse]
      C    D    G              Asus2        D
It is hard to escape from this young lady's bower
    G                      C           Am
For high is the castle and guarded the tower
        G                                            C
But the mind knows the way where the heart holds the will
    G                         D          G
And Eileen is gone with young Ned of the hill