Ho ro, my nut brown maiden    (video)    (midi)

 

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Ho ro, my nut-brown maiden, hee ree, my nut-brown maiden,

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ho ro, ro, maiden, for she's the maid for me.

 

+  CHORUS repeated more lively

 

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1. Her eye so brightly beaming, her look so frank and free,

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    in waking and in dreaming is evermore with me.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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2. O Mary, mild-eyed Mary, by land or on the sea,

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    though time and tide may vary, my heart beats true to thee.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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3. And when the blossom’s laden, bright summer comes again,

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    and I'll fetch my nut-brown maiden down from the bonnie glen.

 

+  CHORUS  (2x)

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th)    (The Corries)