G         Am         C
O Bonny Portmore, I am sorry to see
       G         Am               C         G
Such a woeful destruction of your ornament tree
       Am            Bm         C              Am
For it stood on your shore for many's the long day
         Am              G              C        D
Till the long boats from Antrim came to float it away

[Chorus]
  G         Am        C
O Bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
        G            Am          C            G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long
   Am        Bm        C          Am
If I had you now, as I had once before
        Am           G                 C           D
All the Lords in Old England would not purchase Portmore

[Verse]
        G            Am          C         G
All the birds in the forest they bitterly weep
         G              Am             C         G
Saying, "Where shall we shelter, where shall we sleep?"
        Am           Bm           C          Am
For the oak and the ash, they are all cutten down
        Am              G                C            D
And the walls of Bonny Portmore are all down to the ground

[Chorus]
  G         Am        C
O Bonny Portmore, you shine where you stand
        G            Am          C            G
And the more I think on you, the more I think long
   Am         Bm        C          Am
If I had you now, as I had once before
         Am          G                  C            D
All the Lords of Old England would not purchase Portmore