The track was written by Traditional. The track was produced by Bill Leader.
Chords Info
- Tuning: (D A D G B E)
- Key: D
- Chords: Bm, D, A7sus4
- BPM:
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| Bm – x24432 D – xx0232 A7sus4 – x02030 | Bm – 4222 D – 2220 A7sus4 – 0200 |
Track Info
- Song: Lakes Of Shillin
- Artist: Nic Jones
- Written by Traditional
- Produced by Bill Leader
- Album: From the Devil To a Stranger
- Released Date: 1978
[Verse]
D Well it's early one morning
Billy Henry arose D And straight to his comrade's
A7sus4
Bed-chamber he goes Bm Saying "Rise loving comrade
D Bm
Let nobody know D To the dark and chilly waters
A7sus4 D
a-bathing we'll go" [Verse]
D Billy instantly stripped and
Then he went in D And he swam the dark waters
A7sus4
All round and around Bm Saying "Oh my loving comrade
D Bm
Oh don't you go in D For I see there is a coffin in the
A7sus4 D
Lakes of Shillin" [Verse]
D But the other one he stripped and
Then he went in D And he swam the dark waters
A7sus4
All round and around Bm Saying "Oh my loving Billy
D Bm
Why did you go in D To the dark and chilly waters in the
A7sus4 D
Lakes of Shillin" [Verse]
D Now there was an old woman
Who lived there close by D She went to Billy's parents and
A7sus4
She made this reply Bm D "Well your son he went a-bathing as
Bm
I've heard him say D And now your Billy Henry
A7sus4 D
He's as cold as the clay" [Verse]
D And so down came his
Mother like one in despair D She's a-wringing of her hands and
A7sus4
A-tearing of her hair Bm Saying "Oh my loving Billy
D Bm
Why did you go in D To the dark and chilly waters in the
A7sus4 D
Lakes of Shillin?" [Verse]
D And so down came his
Father like one in despair D He's a-wringing of his hands and
A7sus4
A-tearing of his hair Bm Saying "I brought up a
D Bm
Family of fine-bodied men D And the best of them's drowned in the
A7sus4 D
Lakes of Shillin" [Verse]
D So it's down came his sweetheart
Like one in despair D She's a-wringing of her hands and
A7sus4
A-tearing of her hair Bm Saying "It's six months and
D Bm
Better till my wedding day D And now me Billy Henry
A7sus4 D
He's as cold as the clay [Verse]
D So we'll go round to Martin's to
Martin's by the shore D And we'll hire us a small boat as
A7sus4
We've done before Bm And we'll search the dark waters
D Bm
all around and all round D Till we see that Billy Henry's
A7sus4 D
Fair body is found" [Verse]
D So they went around to
Martin's to Martin's by the shore D And they hired them a small boat as
A7sus4
They'd done before Bm And they searched the dark waters
D Bm
All around and all round D Till they saw that Billy Henry's
A7sus4 D
Fair body was found [Verse]
D And for to see Billy's funeral
Was such a fine sight D There was six handsome young men
A7sus4
All dressed up in white Bm There was six pretty maidens
D Bm
All dressed up in green D Just to show that
He'd been drowned in the
A7sus4 D
Lakes of Shillin
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