Darren Lynch - Spancil Hill - Lyrics, Chords

 Darren Lynch presents the classic song Spancil Hill on a Six String Bouzouki. 

 

{t:Spancil Hill - Darren Lynch}
{st:Darren Lynch}
Capo 4th fret

Last[Gm] night as I lay [F]dreaming, of pleasant days gone [Gm]by,
Me [Gm]mind being bent on rambling,to [F]Ireland I did [C]fly,
I [Gm]stepped on board a vision,and [F]followed with a [C]will,
Till the [Gm]first I came to [F]anchor at the cross at Spancil [Gm]Hill,


T’was [Gm]on the twenty [F]third of June,the day before the [Gm]fair,
When [Gm]Ireland’s sons and daughters,and [F]friends assembled [C]there,
The [Gm]young the old the brave the bold, their [F]duty to full [C]fill,
At the [Gm]parish Church near [F]Clooney,a mile from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]went to see me [F]neighbors to see what they might [Gm]say,
The [Gm]old one’s were all dead and gone,the [F]young one’s turning [C]grey,
I [Gm]met with tailor Quigley, he’s as [F]bold as ever [C]still,
Sure he [Gm]used to make me [F]britches when I lived in [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.


I [Gm]paid a flying vi[F]sit to my first and only [Gm]love,
She’s as [Gm]fair as any lilly as [F]gently as a [C]dove,
She [Gm]threw her arms around me saying [F]Johnny I love ye [C]still,
She was [Gm]Meg the farmer’s [F]daughter,the pride of [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill.

I [Gm]dreamed I held and [F]kissed her as in the days of [Gm]yore
Ah [Gm]Johnny, you're only jokin', as [F]many's the time be[C]fore
Then the [Gm]cock, he crew in the morning, he [F]crew both loud and [C]shrill
I a[Gm]woke in Cali[F]fornia, many miles from [Dm]Spancil [Gm]Hill

Chords:

Gm:  x 5 1 0
F:      x 3 3 0
C:     x 2 3 0
Dm:  x 0 0 3

 

Here's a tab for the Intro and the first two lines. Accompanyment of line 3 is the same as line 2 and then the first line repeats.