[INTRO:] G

[VERSE 1:]
                      C           D
One morning fair as I chanced the air
     Em       F      G
Down by Black Water Side
         C      G    C     G
'Twas in gazing all around me
        C     G
That an Irish girl I spied


[VERSE 2:]
                     C      D
All in the fore part of the night
     Em        F         G
They rolled in sport and play
          C          G           C          G
Then this young man arose and he put on his clothes
         C         G
Saying, "Fare thee well today"


[VERSE 3:]
                            C       D
"That's not the promise you made to me
         Em   F      G
When you lay upon my breast
          C         G               C     G
You could make me believe with your lying tongue
         C        G
That the sun rose in the west"


[VERSE 4:]
                          C           D
"Go home, go home to your father's garden
   Em       F        G
Go home and cry your fill
    C            G      C  G
And think of the sad misfortune
          C          G
I brought on with my wanton will"


[VERSE 5:]
                           C        D
"There's not a flower in this whole world
   Em     F      G
As easily led as I
         C          G       C           G
And when fishes can fly and seas do run dry
      C                G   F   G
It is then that you'll marry__ I"