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
Outro