G     D        C        D
A lad I spied on yon burn side
      G             C
And a maiden by his knee
    G         D           C          D
And he was as dark as the very brown wood
    G       D        C      D
And she all whey and wan to see
    G        Em D     G
All whey and wan__ to see


[Verse 3]
            D           C          D
"Oh sit you down on the grass," he said
        G             C
"On the dewy grass so green
        G         D        C        D
For the wee birds all have come and gone
      G    D    C         D
Since I my true love have seen
      G         Em D        G
Since I my true love__ have seen"


[Instrumental]
G  D  C  D  G    C    G  D/F#  Em    C    D    G  Em D G


[Verse 4]
               D          C           D
"Then I'll not sit on the grass," she said
         G            C
"Can nae be a love of thine
      G        D      C         D
For I hear you love a Connaught girl
         G          D      C          D
And your heart's no longer mine," she said
          G          Em D   G
"And your heart's no longer mine"


[Verse 5]
        D         C          D
"I will climb yon high, high tree
         G                 C
And I'll rob a wild bird's nest
    G         D         C      D
And back I'll bring whatever I find
       G         D          C          D
To the arms that I love the best," she said
        G         Em D     G
"To the arms that I___ love best"


[Instrumental]
G  D  C  D  G    C    G  D/F#  Em    C    D    G  Em D G


[Verse 6]
           D       C       D
As I roved out one evening fair
       G                C
By the verdant braes of Skreen
  G      D         C        D
I set my back to a hawthorn tree
   G        D          C        D
To view the sun in the West Country
    G          D      G
The dew on the forest green