The Loch Tay Boat Song (Asonance)

C Emi Ami 1. When I've done the work of day F Dmi Emi Ami and I rowed my boat away F G Emi Ami down the waters of Loch Tay D G when the evening light is falling C Emi Ami then I look toward Ben Lawers F Dmi Emi Ami where the after glories glow F G Emi Ami and I dream of two bright eyes Dmi G C with a merry mouth below F Dmi Emi Ami she's my beauteous nighean ruadh F Dmi Emi Ami she's my joy and sorrow too F Dmi Emi Ami though I own she is not true D G oh but I cannot live without her C Emi Ami for my heart's a boat in tow F Dmi Emi Ami and I'd give the world to know F G Emi Ami if she means to let me go Dmi G C as I sing hori horo. 2. Nighean ruadh I do declare there's more beauty in your hair than all the tresses fair from Killin to Aberfeldy be they lint-white gold or brown be they blacker than the sloe they mean not as much to me as a melting flake of snow and her dance is like the gleam of the sunlight on the stream and the songs that we folk sing oh they're the songs she sings at milking but my heart is full of woe for last night she bade me go and the tears begin to flow as I sing hori horo. 3.=1.