Bonnie Bairns Dadgad

	  		D                    C 
A lady walked in yon wild wood, 
G                 D 
Beneath the holly tree, 

D                        C 
It was there she saw two bonnie bairns, 
G                    D 
There running at her knee. 

D                          C 
And the first she pulled a red, red rose, 
G                     D 
With hands as soft as silk, 

D                         C 
And the next she pulled a lily pale, 
G                          D 
With hands more white than milk. 

D                    C 
Why do you pull the red, red rose, 
G                D 
And why the lily white?â?� 

D                    C 
We need them at the seat of grace, 
G                    D 
For the soul of thee tonight.â?� 

D                    C 
Oh bide with me you bonnie bairns, 
G                       D 
Ill dress you rich and fine, 

D                          C 
And for all the blackbirds in the woods, 
G                          D 
Youll eat white bread and wine." 

D                       C 
The stars were shooting to and fro, 
G                      D 
But the thorns she did abhor, 

D                        C 
As the lady followed the bonnie bairns, 
G                        D 
For three long hours and more. 

D                       C 
Where do you dwell you bonnie bairns, 
G                 D 
Im woe and weary grownâ?�, 

D                     C 
We live where woe it never comes, 
G                  D 
In a land to flesh unknown.â?� 


D                C 
They came unto a tree of beech, 
G                       D 
Two names carved in the bark, 

D                                 C 
Do you see your name carved here lady, 
G                     D 
The other lies in the dark.â?� 

D                            C 
And she wept in vain and she wept full sore, 
G                        D 
For her love laid in the ground, 

D                      C 
And she wept until the stars gave way, 
G                           D 
Til the dawn it brought no sound.