It was (C)on a summer's evening all in the (G)month of (C)May
Down by yon shady arbor as I (G)carelessly did stray
It
was (C)there I met a charming girl most pleasant to my (F)view
And the (C)title that she (F)gave her(C)self was the Maid
of (G)Bally(C)doo
I (C)boldly stepped up to her and unto (G)her did (C)say
Are you Aurora or (G)Flo the Queen
of May
Or (C)is it the fair Helen that appears all in my (F)view
But the (C)title that she (F)gave her(C)self was the
Maid of (G)Bally(C)doo
I (C)took her by the lilywhite hand and by the (G)waist so (C)small
I showed her my
father's garden down (G)by the river Bann
Where the (C)sheep and lambs do sport and play, the trout and salmon, (F)too
And
says (C)I, Sweet maid, don't (F)be a(C)fraid for to leave old (G)Bally(C)doo
Well it (C)was with great persuasion
that I got her for to (G)give con(C)sent
And had in hand together it was (G)Hilltown down we went
We (C)there had liquor
of the best and some of the mountain (F)dew
And she (C)soon forgot the (F)vows she (C)made when leaving (G)Bally(C)doo
It
(C)was a summer's evening all in the (G)month of (C)June
As I was sitting silently, con(G)doling at my loom
My (C)scissors
they cut sweetly and my shuttle nimbly (F)flew
When I (C)first composed these (F)verses (C)on the Maid of (G)Bally(C)doo
