Key: C
Introduction:
C G B7 Em C Em D G
verse 1
D C Em
On the mountain I am lost with one cow for my herd
C D C G
From the east to the west I am crossing
C G B7 Em
To where the sun will set, bereft of all my sense
C Em D G
With no solace from my love to guide me
verse 2
D C Em
She is dark Moll of the glen, she is dark Moll of the steed
C D C G
Dark woman more red than roses
C G B7 Em
Oh, if I could but choose just one precious bloom
C Em D G
My dark Moll of the glen, I'd choose you
verse 3
D C Em
Down to the glen I look for my lone, my secret love
C D C G
From my grey eyes the tears they are falling
C G B7 Em
Oh, my god of all grace, relieve me of this grief
C Em D G
For my dark Moll has left me breaking
Instrumental
C G B7 Em C Em D G
verse 4
D C Em
To Leinster I'd go to win a woman's love
C D Em B7
And she with two thousand in her own herd
C G B7 Em
The earl's own daughter fair would have me in her snare
C Em D G
It is dark Moll alone who holds me
Verse 5
D C Em
When the branch withers, its fruit no longer grows
C D Em B7
As it will on the younger trees blooming
C G B7 Em
Oh, my dark one so lovely, I've given all mo chroi
C Em D G
I send farewell to thee for always