Extended version of this song
Intro = C F C F C C F C G C
Chorus x 2
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
Verse 1
C F C
As I gaed down by Strichen town
F G
I heard a fair maid crying
C Am
She was making sair complaint
F G C
For her true love ne'er returning
Chorus
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C F C G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
Verse 2
C F C
There’s aye good fish into the sea
F G
As ever yet’s been taken
C Am
I'll cast my line and try again
F G C
For I'm only once forsaken
Chorus
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C C F C G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
Verse3
C F C
There’s many a horse has snappert and fa'n
F G
And risen again richt early
C Am
There’s many's the lass has lost her lad
F G C
And gotten another right early
Chorus
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C C F C G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
Verse 4
C F C
Well I'll put on my dress o'green
F G
That auld forsaken token
C Am
And that's tae let the young lads ken
F G C
That the bonds o' love are broken
Chorus
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C C F C G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
Verse 5
C F C
Well I'll go back to Strichen town
F G
Where I was bred and born in
C Am
And there I'll get another lad
F G C
To marry me in the morning
Chorus x 2
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie
C F C
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G
Where oft times I've been cheery
C Am
Fare ye well ye Mormond Braes
F G C
For it’s there I lost my dearie