Chords
Ned Of The Hill

Key: G

Introduction:

 G  C  G  D  G 
Verse
                                                                 C 
Dark is the evening, silent the hour
         G                                             C 
Oh, who is that minstrel by yonder lone tower?
             G                                                                   C 
Whose heart is so tenderly touching with skill?
         G                                                   D                   G 
Oh, who could it be, but young Ned of the hill?
Verse
         C             D       G                           A2               D 
Who sings, "Lady love, will you come with me now?
 G                                                 C                 Am 
Come and live out with me under the bough
           G                                                                               C 
I'll pillow your head where the light fairies tread
       G                                                     D                   G 
If you will but wed with young Ned of the hill"
Instrumental
 C       G   D   C       G   D   C   G 
Verse
                                                                                 C 
Young Ned of the hill has no castle, no hall
       G                                         C 
No bowmen or spearmen to come at his call
         G                                                           C 
But one little archer of exquisite skill
         G                                                         D                   G 
Has shot a bright shaft for young Ned of the hill
Verse
             C       D       G                           A2               D 
It is hard to escape from this young lady's bower
         G                                           C                     Am 
For high is the castle and guarded the tower
                 G                                                                                       C 
But the mind knows the way where the heart holds the will
         G                                                 D                   G 
And Eileen is gone with young Ned of the hill
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