Snowy Breasted Pearl Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]There's a [C]colleen [F]fair as [C]May
For a year and for a [G]day
I have [C]sought by [F]every way
her [G]heart to [C]gain
There's [G]no [C]art of [F]tongue [C]or eye
Fond youths with maidens [G]try
But I've [C]tried with ceaseless [F]sigh
Yet tried [G]in [C]vain

[Verse 2]
If to France or far off [G]Spain
She crossed the [D]wat'ry [G]main
To see her face again the sea
[D]s I'd bra[G]ve[F][G]
For [C]if this is [F]heaven's de[C]cree
That mine she may not be
[G]May the [C]Son of Mary [F]me in [G]mer[C]cy save

[Verse 3]
[C]Oh [G]tho[C]u bloomin mil[F]k- white dov[C]e
To whom I'm given true [G]love
Do not [C]ever thus re[F]prove
my [G]con[C]stancy
There [G]are [C]maidens [F]would be [C]mine
With wealth and land on [G]high
If my [C]heart would but in[F]cline
To [G]turn from [C]thee

[Verse 4]
[C]But a kiss with welcome [G]bland
And touch of thy fair hand
Are all that I demand
Would'st thou not spurn
[F]But [G]if not[C] min[F]e, dear gir[C]l
Oh, snowy [G]breasted pearl
May I [C]never from the [F]fair
With [G]life return [C]again

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
If to [C]France or far off [G]Spain
She crossed the wat'ry main
To see her face again the
seas I'd [F]brave[G]
But if [C]not [F]mine, dear [C]girl
Oh, snowy breasted [G]pearl
May I [C]never from the [F]fair with [G]life return
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