Ye Vagabonds and their lovely version of the classic Song "Lowlands of Holland". I tried to tab the intro because it is so beautiful. Capo 2nd fret. The bouzouki is stringed in octaves, so it sounds different if your bouzouki is stringed in unisons.
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{st:Ye Vagabonds}
The [D]love that I have cho[G]sen I there[D]with be con[Bm]tent
The [D]salt sea shall be fro[G]zen be[D]fore that [A] re[D]pent
Re[D]pent it shall I [G]ne[D]ver un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die
But the [G]lowlands of [D]Holl[G]and has [D]twined my [A]love and I[D].
My [D]love lies in the salt [G]sea and [D] I am on the [Bm]side
en[D]ough to break a young thing's [G]heart that [D]lately [A]was a [D]bride.
But [D]lately was a [G]bonny [D]bride and [G]pleasure [D]in her [Bm]eye.
For the [G]lowlands of [D]Hol[G]land has [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.
My [D]love he built a bonny [G]ship and [D]set her on the [Bm]sea
With [D]seven score good mari[G]ners to [D]bear her [A]compa[D]ny.
But the [D]weary wind be[G]gan to [D]rise, the [G]sea be[D]gan to [Bm]rout
And my [G]love then and his [D]bonny [G]ship turned [D]with the [A]shins a[D]bout.
There [D]shall nae a quaff come on my [G]head nor [D]comb come through my [Bm]hair
There shall [D]neither coal nor candlel[G]ight shine [D]in my [A]bower [D]mair.
Nor [D]will I marry a[G]nother [D]one, un[G]til the [D]day I [Bm]die
For the [G]high winds and [D]stormy [G]seas have [D]twined my [A]love and [D]I.
Oh [D]hold your tongue my daughter [G]dear, be [D]still and [A]be con[Bm]tent.
There's [D]men enough in Gallo[G]way, you [D]need not [A]sore la[D]ment.
Oh there's [D]men enough in [G]Gallo[D]way, a[G]las there's [D]none for [Bm]me
For I [G]never had a [D]love but [G]one and he's [D]drownded [A]in the [D]sea.
Lyrics of Dubliner's version:
The night that I was married and in my married bed
Up comes the bold sea captain and stands at my bed head
Saying 'arise, arise, young wedded man and come along with me
To the Lowlands of Holland for to fight the enemy'
Oh, Holland is a lovely land and in it grows fine grain
It is a place of residence for soldiers to remain
Where the sugar cane grows plentiful and the tea grows on each tree
I never had but the one sweetheart and she's far away from me
Says the mother to the daughter 'leave off your sore lament
There's men enough in Galway to be your heart's content'
'There's men enough in Galway, but alas there's none for me
Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and me'
'i'll wear no stays around my waist, no combs all in my hair
No handkerchief around my neck, to shade my beauty fair
And neither will I marry until the day I die
Since the high winds and the stormy seas have parted my love and I'.
This song is not about Holland, but about Dutch Guyana (Surinam)
