Misc Traditional – Bonnie Woodgreen (Guitar)

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Bonnie Woodgreen Lyrics And Chords (Traditional Ulster Folk Song County Antrim Northern Ireland) [Verse 1]
G                    C         D           G
Down among the green bushes in bonnie Wood Green

                                 C          D
Where me and my true love we oft times were seen

        G                           C          Bm
Ah, the years they rolled by and so happy were we

         G          C           D           G
For twas little she knew that a soldier I’d be
[Verse 2]
G                C               D              G
It was early one morning and the lambs they did play

                             C            D
I went to Kells barracks and then made my way

     G                        C            Bm
To enlist as a soldier and to fight for my King

     G           C            D           G
To uphold a good cause I left bonnie Wood Green
[Verse 3]
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In Larne Harbour our troop ship lay ready to sail

                            C              D
Mothers stood weeping while sisters looked frail

G                                  C              Bm
We we’re singing and dancing while fathers looked sad

           G      C                 D             G
They we’re saying farewell to their brave soldier lads
[Verse 4]
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It was way out in Flanders at the back of the line

                                    C            D
We were talking of sweethearts that we’d left be-hind

     G                   C                Bm
Said one Irish soldier, “Well, I’ve got a queen”

        G             C         D           G
And she works in John Rosses in bonnie Wood Green
[Verse 5]
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It was early next morning when facing the foe

                                C           D
And the bullets were flying and he was laid low

   G                          C         Bm
He called for His comrades it was a sad scene

        G          C         D           G
Say goodbye, to my Nelly and Bonnie Wood Green”
[Verse 6]
G             C          D             G
So if ever to Ulster you chance for to stray

                                   C        D
There’s a neat little factory near Ballymac-vea

          G                           C           Bm
Where the weavers and the winders are faint to be seen

         G              C            D           G
For they all wear white aprons round bonnie Wood Green