Blue is the eye by Ye Vagabonds - Cover by Johannes Broborn

This is a lovely cover by Johannes Broborn played on bouzouki and mandolin.

These are lyrics and chords:

{t:Blue Is The Eye}

{st:Ye Vagabonds}

Capo 1

 

A [D]crack in the [G]sky lends a [D]light to the [A]dark

The [D]wind blows the [G]ember of [A]coal from the [D]hearth

You [D]carry it [G]proudly through [D]ditches and [A]trees

And [Bm]cross the hor[G]izon to [A]lie down and [D]sleep

 

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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [Bm]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea

[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee

{eoc}

 

 

[D]Over the [G]ocean tow[D]ard a new [A]world

The [Bm]city, the [G]island, the [A]tear and the [D]pearl

A [D]boat on the [G]water casts [D]out a clear [A]еye

The [Bm]darkness bе[G]neath us is [A]teeming with [D]life

 

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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea

[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee

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[D]Under the [G]fire from the [D]hearth on the [A]hill

The [D]coal and the [G]ember, they [A]glow away [D]still

[D]Songs to the [G]stranger, fa[D]miliar and [A]clear

[Bm]Ring out in [G]chorus for [A]all you hold [D]dear

 

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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea

[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee

{eoc}

 

A [D]flash in the [G]dark glimmers [D]silver and [A]blue

[Bm]Breaches the [G]waves for a [A]moment or [D]two

[D]Moves away [G]slowly back [D]into the [A]deep

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea

 

 

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[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye watches [A]over the [D]sea

[Bm]Lie down and [G]sleep, [A]sleep well my [D]darling

[Bm]Blue is the [G]eye that [A]looks after [D]thee

{eoc}

Johannes uses following chords:

D: 7,0,0,0

G: 12,9,0,0

D: 11,12,0,0

A: 9,11,0,0

D:7,7,0,0

G: 4,5,0,0

A: 6,7,0,0

D: 7,0,0,0

D: 7,0,0,0

G: 12,9,0,0

D: 11,12,0,0

A: 9,7,0,0

In the refrain he plays Bm instead of G in the first line, but I prefer the G there.

Bm: 4,4,0,0

G: 4,5,0,0

A: 2,2,0,0

D: 2,0,0,0

Kitty Bawn O’Brien composed by Allister MacGillvray, played by George White

A lovely song composed by Allister MacGillvray. The story is set in a small village on the southern tip of Ireland during the 1800s and was composed for a project on Celtic emigration that was being prepared by Denis Ryan.

Lyrics and chords:

{title:Kitty Bawn O'Brien}

{subtitle:Allister MacGillivary}

[D]Soft blows the [G]wind both [D] sweet and warm

From the [G] peaks called [A7] Knockmeal [D]down,

The [D]songbird [G] sings his [D] weary [Bm]notes a[Em]bove Blackwater [A7]Sound;

From [A7]my heart  no [D]joys  de[A7]part‘s, no beauty can en[Bm]thral.

My[D]Kitty Bawn O'[G]Brien's [Em]gone to  [A]far off Montre[D]al.

I met her at the Mallow Fair where lovers sport and play.

I watched her feet move lightly while the piper droned away.

She sang a song so lilting there, her hands beneath her shawl.

Now Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.

I followed her to Waterford the day the ship set sail.

Her mother let the teardrops fall. Her father's face was pale.

I kissed her ere I lost her there, and sorely I recall,

My Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.

And far across the ocean wide, a world from Knockmealdown,

My Kitty shines like silver in some gold Canadian town.

She'll charm some young French soldier there; to blame him I've no call.

My Kitty Bawn O'Brien's gone to far off Montreal.