C  F  C  G  C
Dm  C G F  C  F
Dm7  G  C  Dm  C G C

[Verse 1]
           G       Am      G
As I roved out one evening fair
       C                F
By the verdant braes of Skreen
  C      G         Am       G
I set my back to a hawthorn tree
   C        F          Dm7      G
To view the sun in the West Country
        C          G      C
And the dew on the forest green


[Verse 2]
        G        Am       G
A lad I spied by Abhann's side
      C             F
And a maiden on his knee
    C         G           Am         G
And he was as dark as the very brown wood
    C       F        Am     G
And she all whey and wan to see
    C        G       C
All whey and wan was she


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


[INSTRUMENTAL:]
C  F  C  G  C
Dm  C G F  C  F
Dm7  G  C  Dm  C G F  C


[Verse 4]
      Am                  F           G
"Then I'll not sit on the grass," she said
     C            F
"Nor be a love of thine
      Am       G      F         G
For I hear you love a Connaught girl
         C          F      Am         G
And your heart's no longer mine," she said
          C          G      Am
"And your heart's no longer mine"


[Verse 5]
 G       C      G       Am         G
"Oh, but I will climb a high, high tree
         C                 F
And I'll rob a wild bird's nest
    Am        G          F      G
And back I'll bring what I find there
       C         F          Am         G
To the arms that I love the best," she said
        C         G      Am
"To the arms that I love best"