Gordon Bok – The Angelus (Guitar)

G                  Am                 Em
Mary and Manus are working the turf together

         Am                            D
Old they are, the two of them, old and grey

G                C                     Bm       Am
Over the bog the sea-wind sings in the heather

                         Em        C    D
Night clouds scatter the hilltops, far away

G                       Am                       Em
They will have comfort, now, when the nights are colder

Am                                          D
They will have turf, aye, plenty of turf to spare

G                      C                  Bm
Light she steps with a heavy creel on her shoulder

Am                   Em            C        D
Load on load for the stack that is building there

G                 Am                       Em
There is a deeper note than the sea-wind's singing

Am                                        D
Soft it comes, on the breath of the dying day

G                       C                       Bm
Down in the hollow, the bell from the chapel is ringing

Am             Em          C          D
Mary and Manus stand for a minute and pray

G                   Am                 Em
Soft and low on the air each long note lingers

Am                                         D
Quietly bending their old, grey heads they stand

G               C                   Bm
Making the holy sign with work-worn fingers

Am                    Em             C           D
Wrapped in the sudden peace that has blessed the land

G                  Am                     Em
Is it the light of heaven on the wide sea breaking?

Am                                    D
Spreading its glory out like a golden rain

G                              C                     Bm
Aye, and with the light of the world in their eyes a-waking

Am                 Em          C     D
Mary and Manus are working the turf again