Misc Traditional – The Elfin Knight (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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this song has a lot of different versions. this version is the one that Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger sing. The song language is in "Lowland Scot".
     Em                              Am
There stands three trumpeters on yon hill

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Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                                   Am
And they Blaw their trumpets sae loud and shrill

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

  Em                      Am
Gin I'd his trumpet in my kist

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                              Am
And were in the lad's arms that I like best

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Em                     Am
Gin ye would be wed wi' me

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                         Am
There's ae thing ye maun dae for me

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Em                      Am
I maun hae a fine linen sark

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

 Em                      Am
Without a stitch o' needlewark

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

 Em                         Am
Ye maun wash it in yon draw-well

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                      Am
Where water never sprang nor fell

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

 Em                       Am
Ye maun drt't on yon hawthorn

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                              Am
That hasna seen blossom since man was born

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Em                   Am
Gin I mak'a sark for thee

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

    Em                         Am
There's ae thing ye maun tae me dae

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

     Em                   Am
My faither has an acre o' land

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

       Em                  Am
Ye maun ploo it wi' your ae hand

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

 Em                    Am
Ye maun sow it wantin' corn

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                       Am
And roll it wi' a sheep's shank-bone

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

  Em                              Am
Ye maun shear it wi' a scythe o' leather

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                     Am
And bind it wi' a peacock's feather

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

Em                      Am
Ye maun stook it in the sea

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

     Em                         Am
And bring the whaetsheaf dry tae me

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'

     Em                       Am
And gin you wark noo all this wark

Em           B           Em
Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw

Em                              Am
Come to me and you'll get your sark

        Em                 B    Em
And the wind blaws aye my plaid awa'