These are the chords for Lakes Of Shillin by Nic Jones on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
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[Verse 1]
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Well it\'s early one morning
Billy Henry arose
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And straight to his comrade\'s
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bed-chamber he goes
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Saying \"Rise loving comrade
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let nobody know
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To the dark and chilly
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waters a-bathing we\'ll go\"
[Verse 2]
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Billy instantly stripped and
then he went in
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And he swam the dark waters
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all round and around
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Saying \"Oh my loving
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comrade oh don\'t you go in
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For I see there is a coffin
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in the Lakes of Shillin\"
[Verse 3]
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But the other one he stripped
and then he went in
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And he swam the dark waters
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all round and around
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Saying \"Oh my loving Billy
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why did you go in
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To the dark and chilly waters
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in the Lakes of Shillin\"
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[Verse 4]
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Now there was an old woman
who lived there close by
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She went to Billy\'s parents
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and she made this reply
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\"Well your son he went a-bathing
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as I\'ve heard him say
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And now your Billy Henry
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he\'s as cold as the clay\"
[Verse 5]
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And so down came his mother
like one in despair
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She\'s a-wringing of her hands
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and a-tearing of her hair
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Saying \"Oh my loving Billy
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why did you go in
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To the dark and chilly waters
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in the Lakes of Shillin?\"
[Verse 6]
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And so down came his father
like one in despair
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He\'s a-wringing of his hands and
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a-tearing of his hair
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Saying \"I brought up
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a family of fine-bodied men
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And the best of them\'s drowned
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in the Lakes of Shillin\"
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[Verse 7]
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So it\'s down came his sweetheart
like one in despair
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She\'s a-wringing of her hands
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and a-tearing of her hair
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Saying \"It\'s six months and
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better till my wedding day
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And now me Billy Henry
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he\'s as cold as the clay
[Verse 8]
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So we\'ll go round to Martin\'s
to Martin\'s by the shore
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And we\'ll hire us a small
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boat as we\'ve done before
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And we\'ll search the dark waters
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all around and all round
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Till we see that Billy Henry\'s
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fair body is found\"
[Verse 9]
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So they went around to Martin\'s
to Martin\'s by the shore
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And they hired them a small
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boat as they\'d done before
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And they searched the dark
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waters all around and all round
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Till they saw that Billy
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Henry\'s fair body was found
[Verse 10]
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And for to see Billy\'s funeral
was such a fine sight
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There was six handsome young
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men all dressed up in white
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There was six pretty maidens
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all dressed up in green
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Just to show that he\'d been
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drowned in the Lakes of Shillin