What a wonderful song by Andy Irvine. From his album "Rainy Sundays, Windy Dreams" released in the 70s.
Here's a version from the Celebrating of the 40th anniversary of the Paul Brady/Andy Irvine album.
Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, Donal Lunny, Kevin Burke, Vicar Street Dublin. 21 May 2017
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{t:Bonny Woodhall}
{st: Andy Irvine}
Down [D]by yon green bushes near [G]Calder’s clear [D]stream
Where [G]me and my [D]Annie so [G]often have [A]been
When the [Bm]hours that flew [D]past us, right [G]hap[D]py [A]were [G]we
It was [D]little she [G]thought that a [D]sol[G]dier I’d [D]be
But it’s [D]farewell to Annie and [G]I must a[D]way
For the [G]King he needs [D]soldiers and [G]I must o[A]bey
But if [Bm]providence prove [D]kind love un[G]til [D]I [A]re[G]turn
I will [D]wed with my [G]Annie near [D]Cal[G]der’s clear [D]burren.
On the [D]fourteenth of August our [G]regiment was [D]lost
And a [G]ball from the [D]enemy our [G]lines came a[A]cross
O it [Bm]struck me in the [D]temple and the [G]blood [D]trick[A]led [G]down
I [D]reeled and I [G]staggered and I [D]fell to [G]the [D]ground
Come [D]here, says our captain, come [G]here with good [D]speed
For I [G]fear by this [D]bullet young [G]Dinsmore lies [A]dead
Two [Bm]men with a [D]stretcher did [G]quick[D]ly [A]pre[G]pare
And they [D]carried [G]me a[D]way to a [D]hospi[G]tal [D]there
Cold [D]water and brandy they [G]poured out so [D]free
They [G]turned me all [D]over my [G]wounds for to [A]see
But if [Bm]I had my [D]Annie to [G]bind [D]up [A]my [G]wounds
One [D]kiss from her [G]sweet lips would soon [D]deaden [G]the [D]stoun
{c:stoun - sting}
And it’s [D]when I am weary and [G]think on lang [D]syne
When [G]I was a [D]miner and [G]wrought in the [A]mine
O the [Bm]tears they do [D]trickle and [G]down [D]they [A]do [G]fall
Like the [D]roses that [G]bloom around [D]bonnie [G]Wood[D]hall
