Living - The Rowan Tree Cifras

Based on Bill Nighy's version of the traditional Scottish song from the movie 'Living'
 
Play freely (and add frills if you like)
 
 
[Verse 1]
   D           D
Oh rowan tree, oh rowan tree
G              G       D
Thou'lt aye be dear to me
D                 D     G  D
Entwined thou art wi' many ties
   A          D
Of hame and infancy
    D                   G
Thy leaves were aye the first of spring
     D                   A
Thy flowers the summer's pride
       D      D      G      D
There was nae such a bonnie tree
    A               D
In all the country side
 
 
[Verse 2]
    D                  D
How fair were thou in summer time
     G       G          D
With all thy clusters white
D             D        G     D
How rich and gay thy autumn dress,
    A                D
Wi' berries red and bright.
    D                    G
On thy fair stem were many names
      D              A
Which now no more I see
     D       D       G      D
But they're engraven on my heart,
   A                  D
Forgot they ne'er can be
 
 
[Verse 3]
   D                    D
We sat beneath thy spreadin' shade
    G      G           D
The bairns around thee ran
     D          D      G        D
They pull'd thy bonnie berries red,
      A                D
And necklaces they strang
   D                      G
My mother, oh! I see her still,
     D                   A
She smiled our sports to see
     D         D    G      D
With little Jeannie on her lap,
    A             D
And Jamie on her knee.
 
 
 
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