The Song Of Wandering Aengus Cifras

[Verse]
G     Em               G
I went out to the hazel wood,
Am        C              G
Because a fire was in my head,
G           Em             G
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
Am           C          D
And hooked a berry to a thread;
C              G                 D
And when white moths were on the wing,
G             Em                    G
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
Am            C          D
I dropped the berry in a stream
Am           C      D      G
And caught a little silver trout.
 
[Verse]
G          Em             G
When I had laid it on the floor
Am        C             G
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
G             Em             G
But something rustled on the floor,
Am          C               D
And someone called me by my name:
C               G          D
It had become a glimmering girl
G          Em             G
With apple blossom in her hair
Am            C              D
Who called me by my name and ran
Am        C           D           G
And faded through the brightening air.
 
[Verse]
G           Em             G
Though I am old with wandering
Am             C               G
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
G           Em                G
I will find out where she has gone,
Am           C                 D
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
C                   G       D
And walk among long dappled grass,
G              Em                 G
And pluck till time and times are done,
Am         C             D
The silver apples of the moon,
Am         C      D      G
The golden apples of the sun.
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