[Intro]
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[Verse]
F C G
Now whistlin' wind, aye and slaught'ring gun
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Bring autumn's pleasant weather
F C G
Oh, the moorcock springs, aye, on whirring wings
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Amangst the blooming heather
[Verse]
G F
Now waving grain__, wide o'er the plain
C G
Delights the weary farmer
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But the moon shines bright when I rove at night
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To muse upon my charmer
[Verse]
F C G
Now the partridge loves a fruitful fell
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The plover loves the mountains
F C G
And the woodcock haunts the lonely dell
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The soaring hern the fountains
[Verse]
G F
Through lofty groves the cushat roves
C G
The path of man to shun it
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And the hazel bush o'erhangs the thrush
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The spreading thorn, the linnet
[Verse]
F C G
Let every kind their fortune find
C G C F C
The savage and the tender
F C G
Some social join, oh, some leagues combine
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Some solitary wander
[Verse]
G F
Avaunt, away__, the cruel sway
C G
Tyrannic man's dominion
C F C G
The sportsman's joy, oh, a murdering cry
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Fluttering gory pinion
[Verse]
F C G
But, Peggy dear the evening's clear
C G C F C
Swift flies the skimming swallow
F C G
Oh the sky is blue, all the fields in view
C G C F C
All shimmering green and yellow
[Verse]
G F
Come, let us stray__ our gladsome way
C G
And view the charms of nature
C F C G
The rustling corn, oh the fruited thorn
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And every happy creature
[Verse]
F C G
We'll gently walk, aye we'll sweetly talk
C G C F C
'Til the silent moon shines clearly
F C G
I'll grasp thy waist, oh I'll fondly press
C G C F C
Oh, I swear I love you dearly
[Verse]
G F
No vernal showers to budding flowers
C G
Nor autumn to the farmer
C F C G
So dear can be, aye, as thou to me
C F G C F C
My fair, my lovely charmer
[Verse]
G F
No vernal showers to budding flowers
C G
Nor autumn to the farmer
C F C G
So dear can be, aye, as thou to me
C F G C F C
My fair, my lovely charmer