Tom: C
C Em F G C Am
When I've done my work of day and I row my boat away
F G C Am Dm G G7
Doon the waters o' Loch Tay as the evening light is fadin'
C Em F G C Am
And I look upon Ben Lawers where the after glory glow
F G C Am Dm G C
And I dream on two bright eyes and the melting mouth below
F G C Am
She's my beauteous nighean ruach
F G C Am
She's my joy and sorrow too
F G C Am
And although she is untrue
Dm G G7
Ah, but I cannot live without her
C Em Am
For my heart's a boat in tow
F G Em Am
And I'd give the world to know
F G C
Why she means to let me go
Am Dm G C
As I sing horee, horo
C Em F G C Am
Nighean ruach, your lovely hair has more glamour I declare
F G C Am Dm G G7
Than all the tresses rare from Killen to Aberfeldy
C Em F G C Am
Be they lint, white, brown, or gold be they blacker than the sloe
F G C Am Dm G C
They have no more worth to me than a meltin flake o' snow
F G C Am
And her dance is like the gleam
F G C Am
O'er the sunlight on the stream
F G C
And the songs the faeries sing
Am Dm G G7
Seems like songs she sings at milkin'
C Em
But my heart is full of woe
F G Em Am
For last night she bade me go
F G C
And the tears begin to flow
Am Dm G C
As I sing horee, horo
