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Version 1[Intro] Dm [Verse 1] Dm My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom F C/E Am Dm The moon's dancin' purple all through her black hair Dm And a lady's in waiting she'll stand 'neath my window F C/E Am Dm And the sun will rise soon on the false and the fair C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 2] Dm She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain F C/E Am Dm Her skin fits her tightly and her lips do not lie Dm She silently slips from her throat a medallion F C/E Am Dm Slowly she twirls it in front of my eyes C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 3] Dm I watch her, I love her, I long for to touch her F C/E Am Dm The satin she's wearin' is shimmering blue Dm Outside my window her ladies are sleeping F C/E Am Dm My dog's a-gone hunting, the howling is through C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 4] Dm So I reach for her hand and her eyes turn to poison F C/E Am Dm And her hair turns to splinters and her flesh turns to brine Dm She leaps 'cross the room, she stands in the window F C/E Am Dm And screams that my first-born will surely be blind C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 5] Dm Then she throws herself out to the black of the nightfall F C/E Am Dm She's parted her lips, but she makes not a sound Dm I fly down the stairway and I run to the garden F C/E Am Dm No trace of my true love is there to be found C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 6] Dm So walk these hills lightly and watch who you're lovin' F C/E Am Dm By mother the mountain, I swear that it's true Dm And love not a woman with hair black as midnight F C/E Am Dm And a dress made of satin all shimmering blue C Am Dm Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o [Verse 7] Dm Oh my lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom F C/E Am Dm The moon's dancing purple all through her black hair Dm And a lady's in waiting, she'll stand 'neath my window F C/E Am Dm And the sun will rise soon on the false and the fair