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Drink Down The Moon
Steeleye Span
I have tabbed this in the key of A minor but I think the original is in F minor.
I normally play it with capo at fret 2.
Am G Am
Three maidens a milking did go
C Am7 G
Three maidens a milking did go
Am G Am G
And the wind it did blow high, and the wind it did blow low
Am G Am
It tossed their petticoats to and fro
Am G Am
They met with some young man they know
C Am7 G
They met with some young man they know
Am G Am G
And they boldly ask-ed him, if he had any skill
Am G Am
To catch them a small bird or two
Am G Am
Oh yes I've a very good skill
C Am7 G
Oh yes I've a very good skill
Am G Am G
And it's come along with me, to yonder flowering tree
Am G Am
And I'll catch a small bird or two
Am G Am
So it’s off to the green woods went they
C Am7 G
And it's off to the green woods went they
Am G Am G
And he tapped at the bush, and the bird it did fly in
Am G Am
A little above her lily white knee
Am G Am
Her sparkling eyes they did turn around
C Am7 G
Just as if she had been all in a swoon
Am G Am G
And she cried "I've a bird, and a very pretty bird
Am G Am
And he's pecking away at his own ground"
Instrumental
Am G Am
Here's a health to the bird in the bush
C Am7 G
Here's a health to the bird in the bush
Am G Am G
And we'll drink up the sun, we'll drink down the moon
Am G Am
Let the people say little or much
Am Em
There is a thorn bush in our cale yard
G
There is a thorn bush in our cale yard
Am G Am Am7
At the back o'thorn bush there lays a lad and lass
G Am
And they're busy busy fairing at the cuckoo's nest
Am Em
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
G
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
Am G Am Am7
I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best
G Am
That'll rumple up the feathers in the cuckoo's nest
Am Em
It is thorn and it is prickle, it is compassed all around
G
It is thorn and it is prickle, and it isn't easy found
Am G Am Am7
She said “young man you blunder” and I said it isn't true
G Am
And I left her with the makings of a young cuckoo
Am Em
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
G
Hi the cuckoo, ho the cuckoo, hi the cuckoo's nest
Am G Am Am7
I'd give anybody a shilling and a bottle of the best
G ----- Am
That'll rumple up the feathers ^in the cuckoo's nest.
