C                          Em  F            G       C      Am
When I've done my work of day and I row my boat away
         F     G        C   Am      Dm                G       G7
Doon the waters o' Loch Tay as the evening light is fadin'
       C                Em           F        G   C      Am
And I look upon Ben Lawers where the after glory glow
      F       G          C     Am     Dm    G       C
And I dream on two bright eyes and the melting mouth below

         F         G       C        Am
She's my beauteous nighean ruach 
         F       G      C      Am
She's my joy and sorrow too
      F          G    C     Am
And although she is untrue
          Dm             G         G7
Ah, but I cannot live without her
       C                 Em     Am
For my heart's a boat in tow
        F        G        Em     Am
And I'd give the world to know
        F        G      C
Why she means to let me go
Am      Dm      G     C
As I sing horee, horo

C                          Em            F       G    C      Am
Nighean ruach, your lovely hair has more glamour I declare
     F       G       C    Am   Dm            G       G7 
Than all the tresses rare from Killen to Aberfeldy
        C                      Em           F       G        C      Am
Be they lint, white, brown, or gold be they blacker than the sloe
          F       G        C  Am     Dm    G         C
They have no more worth to me than a meltin flake o' snow

        F        G        C       Am
And her dance is like the gleam
         F        G      C       Am
O'er the sunlight on the stream
        F         G       C
And the songs the faeries sing
Am         Dm                 G       G7
Seems like songs she sings at milkin'
       C                Em     
But my heart is full of woe
         F        G        Em       Am
For last night she bade me go
        F        G      C
And the tears begin to flow
Am   Dm     G      C
As I sing horee, horo