The Well below the valley

A [G5]gentleman was [F]passing by

He [Gm]asked for a drink as [C]he got dry

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„Me cup is full unto the brim

If I were to stoop I might fall in“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„If your true love was passing by

You’d fill him a drink as he got dry“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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She swore by grass, she swore by corn

That her true love had never been born 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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He said „Young maid, you swear in wrong

For six fine children you had born“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„If you be a man of noble fame

You’ll tell to me the father of them“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„There’s two of them by your uncle Dan“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

„Another two by your brother John“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

„Another two by your father dear“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„If you be a man of noble esteem

You’ll tell to me what did happen to them“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„There’s two buried ‚neath the stable door“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

„Another two near the kitchen door“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

„Another two buried beneath the wall“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„If you be a man of noble fame

You’ll tell me what will happen myself“ 

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„You’ll be seven years a-ringing the bell“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

„You’ll be seven more a-porting in hell“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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„I’ll be seven years a-ringing the bell

But the Lord above may save me soul from porting in hell.“

At the [Gm]well below the [F]valley-[Gm]o

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[F]Green grows the [Gm]lily-o

[F]Right among the [Gm]bushes-o 

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