Bill Norrie Chords

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[Verse 1]
Young [Am]Bill Norrie's a fine lad,
and he lives like the wind
His eyes shine like [Dm]the [Am]silver
or golden [Dm]morning [Am]sun
Oh friend John, oh dear John,
do you see what I see?
You understand the [Dm]first wo[Am]man
that [Dm]ever [Am]loved me
And here's a clover, clover, John
It's [F]lined with [Am]sil ver grey
Give [Dm]it to her and tell her
To [Am]come [Dm]to her young B[Am]illy
And here's a ring, a ring, John
It's [F]all gold but [Am]the stone
[Dm]Give it to her [Am]and tell [Dm]her
To [C]ask [Dm]for leave of [Am]none
Oh, Billy, oh, [C]dear [Am]Billy
You know my love for [Dm]thee
I'll not go to nobody
[F]To ste[Em]al their wif[Am]e away
Oh, friend John, oh, dear John
[F]Swim not against the [Am]tide
[F]Be [Dm]with me in the stream, John[C],
for [Em]I will be your bai[Am]t
John ran down to the high house,
he [F]rang low [Dm]at the d[Em]oor
[Am]Who [Dm]was there but this [F]woman
[Dm]to l[Em]et young Johnny in?[Am]
Here's a glove, a glove lady,
it's [F]lined with silver [C]grey
It [Dm]bids you come to the green [Am]wood,
to [F]meet your young [Am]Billy
And here's a ring, a [C]ring lady,
[F]all gold but the [C]stone
It [Dm]bids you come to the [Am]green [C]wood
and [Em]ask [G]for leave [Bm]of no[Am]ne
Husband stood in the shadow,
an [F]angry man was [C]he
I [Dm]never thought the man [F]lived,
[G]my love loved more than me
[Am]So he's gone down to her room
and [Dm]dressed in her ar[C]ray
And like [F]some woman he's gone [Am]down
to [Em]find this [E]young [Am]Billy
Billy sat in the green wood,
he [F]whistled and [C]he sang
Yon[Dm]der comes the wom[F]an
that [G]I have loved so long
[Em]Bill[Dm]y ran down and down [C]there
to [F]meet her when [Am]she came
[G]Oh, the sight that he [F]saw,
his [G]heart grew still [Em]as stone
Hus[Dm]band he had a [Am]long knife,
it [Bm]hung down by his [F]knee
He [Dm]took the head of young [F]Billy,
[Em]off his fair b[Am]ody[F][Am]
[G][F][Am][Dm][Am]
He's run home and home there
And down into his home
Tossed Billy's head to her
Crying, [G]lady, [Am]catch the [Em]ball
An[Am]d she's ta[C]ken up[Em]
the [F]hat [Em]there,
she's [G]kissed it [Dm]cheek [Am]and [Dm]chin
[C]I love better t[F]his hat,
than [Dm]all my kith a[D]nd k[Am]in
She's taken up the hat there,
and hooked it to her womb
[F]I was o[C]nce full of this boy,
as the plum is [Dm]full of [Am]the stone
When I was in my [C]dad's house,
in [F]my [Am]vir [F]gini[Am]ty
A [C]young man [F]came [Dm]to my room,
and we got [G]young be[Am]lieve
I loved him in my room in
[F]secrecy [Dm]and sham[C]e
[Am]I lo[Dm]ved h[G]im in the green wood
all [C]out in [G]wind and [Am]rain
I will kiss his [C]sweet [Am]head and
[Dm]I will kis[F]s[Am]
And [C]I w[F]ill vow t[Am]o stay tru[Em]e,
[Am]an air -[G]loved man agai[Am]n
When up and spoke the [F]husband,
a sad, man was [C]he
[Em]Had I known he was your [F]son,
he [Dm]would not have been killed by [C]me
If [G]I'd have known he was your [Am]son,
he [Em]would not have been killed by [Am]me.