Misc Traditional – Sweet Lass Of Richmond Hill (Guitar)
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This love ballad was written way back in the 1780's!
The Richmond of this song is the market town in North Yorkshire not Surrey!
Verse 1
G D G D On Richmond Hill there lives a lass more bright than a May-day morn G D G D G Whose charms all others maids' surpass a rose without a thorn D G D This lass so neat with smiles so sweet has won my right good will D I'd crowns resign to call thee mine D G D G Chorus [tab]G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill D Sweet lass of Richmond Hill G C G I'd crowns resign to call thee mine C D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
Verse 2
G D G D Ye zephyrs gay that fan the air and wonton through the grove G D G D G Oh whisper to my charming fair I die for her I love D G D This lass so neat with smiles so sweet has won my right good will D I'd crowns resign to call thee mine D G D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
Chorus
G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill D Sweet lass of Richmond Hill G C G I'd crowns resign to call thee mine C D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
Verse 3
G D G D How happy will the shepherd be who calls this nymph his own G D G D G Oh may her choice be fix'd on me mine's fixed on her alone D G D This lass so neat with smiles so sweet has won my right good will D I'd crowns resign to call thee mine D G D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
Chorus
G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill D Sweet lass of Richmond Hill G C G I'd crowns resign to call thee mine C D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill
Repeat chorus
G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill D Sweet lass of Richmond Hill G C G I'd crowns resign to call thee mine C D G Sweet lass of Richmond Hill