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
