Spancil Hill

CAPO 1

[Intro]
Am G Am
 

[Verse 1]
Am                  G                               Am
Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by,

                                   C             G
Me mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly,

  Am                           C               G
I stepped aboard a vision, and followed with a will,

      Am              G                               Am
And I shortly came to anchor, at the cross on Spancil Hill.

 
[Verse 2]
   Am                G                        Am
It being the 23rd of June, the day before the fair,

                                      C                G
When Irelands' sons and daughters, in crowds assembled there,

    Am
The young and the old, the brave and the bold,

C                    G                Am           G                              Am
Came their joy to fulfill, there were jovial conversations at the fair at Spancil Hill.

 
[Verse 3]
  Am             G                                  Am
I went to see my neighbors, to hear what they might say,

                                         C                  G
The old ones were all dead and gone, the young ones turning gray,

  Am                                  C            G
I met with the tailor Quigley he's as bald as ever still,

        Am              G                                Am
Sure he used to make me britches when I lived in Spancil Hill.
 

[Verse 4]
  Am            G                          Am
I paid a flying visit to my first and only love,

                                  C           G
She s as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove,

    Am                               C                 G
She threw her arms around me, saying Johnny I love you still,

          Am               G                                  Am
Oh, she's Nell the farmers daughter and the flower of Spancil Hill.

 
[Verse 4]
  Am                 G                             Am
I dream t I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore,

                                        C                  G
She said Johnny you're only joking like many's the times before,

    Am                           C                  G
The cock he crew the morning, he crew both loud and shrill,

       Am          G                               Am
And I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill.


* Alternates:

 

Open

Am = Dm
G  = C
C  = F

Am = Em
G  = D
C  = G
 

Capo I
 
Am = Bm
G  = A
C  = D