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
Bm
Saying "Oh my loving Billy
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why did you go in
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To the dark and chilly waters
A7sus4 D
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
Bm
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