bonny may
bonny may

bonny may chords by June Tabor

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E A D G B E

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Fret 4

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  • G

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • C

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • D

  • C

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Bonny 
    May 

    a- shepherding 
    has 
    gone 

    To 
    call 
    the sheep 
    to 
    the 
    fold 

    And 
    as 
    she 
    sang, 

    her 
    bonny 
    voice 
    it rang 

    Right 
    over 
    the 
    tops 
    of 
    the 
    down
    s, 

    downs, 

    Right 
    over 
    the 
    tops 
    of 
    the 
    downs. 

    There 
    came 
    a troop 
    Verse 2
    of gentlemen 

    As they 
    were riding 
    by 

    And 
    one 
    of them 
    has 
    lighted 
    down 

    And he's 
    asked 
    of 
    her 
    the way, 

    way, 

    And 
    he's 
    asked 
    of her 
    the 
    way. 

    "Ride 
    on, 
    ride 
    Verse 3
    on, 
    you 
    rank 
    riders 

    Your steeds 
    are stout 
    and 
    strong, 

    For it's 
    out 
    of the 
    fold 
    will not 
    go 

    For 
    fear 
    you 
    do 
    me 
    wrong, 
    wrong, 

    For 
    fear 
    you 
    do 
    me 
    wrong." 

    Now he's 
    taken 
    her 
    Verse 4
    by 
    the 
    middle 
    jimp 

    And 
    by 
    the green 
    gown 
    sleeve, 

    And 
    there 
    he's 
    had 
    his 
    will 
    of 
    her

    And 
    he's asked 
    of her 
    no 
    leave, 
    leave, 

    And 
    he's 
    asked 
    of her 
    no 
    leave. 

    Now he's 
    mounted 
    Verse 5
    on 

    his 
    berry 
    brown 
    steed, 

    He 
    soon 
    o'erta'en his 
    men 

    And 
    one 
    and all 
    cried 
    out 
    to 
    him, 

    "Oh, 
    master, 
    you 
    tarried 
    long, 
    long, 

    Oh, 
    master, 
    you 
    tarried 
    long." 

    "Oh, 
    I've 
    ridden 
    Verse 6
    east 
    and I've 
    ridden 
    east, 


    And I've 
    ridden 
    o'er 
    the down
    s, 

    But the 
    bonni
    est 
    lass 
    that 
    ever 
    saw 

    She was 
    calling 
    her 
    sheep 
    to 
    the 
    fold, 

    fold." 

    She's 
    taken 
    the 
    Verse 7
    milk 
    pail 
    on 
    her 
    head 

    And 
    she's 
    gone 
    lingering 
    home. 

    And 
    all 
    her father 
    said 
    to 
    her

    Was, 
    "Daughter, 
    you 
    tarried 
    long, 
    long, 

    Oh, 
    daughter
    , you 
    tarried 
    long." 

    "Oh, woe 
    betide 
    Verse 8
    your 
    shepherd, 
    father, 

    He 
    takes 
    no 
    care 
    of 
    the 
    sheep, 

    For he's 
    buil
    ded the 
    fold 

    at the 
    back 
    of the 
    down 

    And 
    the 
    fox 
    has 
    frightened 
    me, 
    me, 

    And 
    the 
    fox 
    has 
    frightened 
    me." 

    "Oh, there 
    came 
    a fox 
    Verse 9
    to 
    the 
    fold 
    door 

    With 
    twinkling 
    eye 
    so 
    bold, 

    And 
    ere 
    he'd 
    taken 
    the lamb 
    that he 
    did 

    Oh, 
    I'd 
    rather 
    he'd taken 
    them 
    all, 

    all." 

    Verse 10
    Now 
    twenty 
    weeks 
    were 

    gone 
    and 
    past, 

    Twenty 
    weeks 
    and 
    three, 

    And the 
    lassie 
    began 
    to 

    fret 
    and to 
    frown 

    And to 
    long 
    for the 
    twink
    ling 
    eye, 

    bright 
    eye, 

    And to 
    long 
    for the 
    twink
    ling 
    eye. 

    Interlude 1


    Now it 
    Verse 11
    fell 
    on 
    a day, 

    on 
    a bonnie 
    summer's 
    day 

    That 
    she 
    walked 
    out 
    alone. 

    That 
    self- 
    same 
    troop 
    of gentlemen 

    Come 
    a- 
    riding 
    over 
    the 
    down, 
    down, 

    Come 
    a- 
    riding 
    over 
    the 
    down. 

    "Who 
    Verse 12
    got 
    the babe 
    with 
    thee, 

    Bonny 
    May, 

    Who got 
    the babe 
    in thy 
    arms?" 

    For 
    shame, 
    she 
    blushed, 

    and aye, 
    she 
    said, 

    "Oh, 
    I've 
    a good 
    man of 
    my 
    own, 

    own." 

    Verse 13
    "You 
    lie, 
    you 
    lie, 
    you 
    Bonny, 

    Bonny 
    May, 

    So loud 
    hear 
    you 
    lie. 

    Re
    member 
    the 
    misty 
    murky 
    night 

    lay 
    in the 
    fold 
    with 
    thee, 
    thee, 

    lay 
    in the 
    fold 
    with 
    thee. 

    Now he's 
    Verse 14
    mounted 
    off 
    his 

    berry 
    brown 
    steed, 

    He's 
    sat 
    the fair 
    May 
    on. 

    "Go 
    call out 
    your 
    kye, 

    father, 
    your
    self, 

    She'll 
    ne'er 
    call 
    them 
    again, 

    again, 

    She'll 
    ne'er 
    call 
    them 
    again." 

    Verse 15
    Oh, he's 
    Lord 
    of 
    twenty 

    plough 
    of 
    land, 

    Twenty 
    plough 
    and 
    three, 

    And he's 
    taken 
    away 
    the 
    bonniest 
    lass 

    In 
    all 
    the 
    South 
    coun
    try, 
    country, 

    In 
    all 
    the 
    South 
    country. 

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