C Em F G C
When I've done my work of day and I row my boat away
Am F G C Am Dm G
Doon the waters o' Loch Tay as the evening light is fadin'
G7 C Em F G C
And I look upon Ben Lawers where the after glory glow
Am F G C Am Dm G C
And I dream on two bright eyes and the melting mouth below
F G C
She's my beauteous nighean ruach [nighean ruach = red-haired lass - pronounced neon roe]
Am F G C
She's my joy and sorrow too
Am F G C
And although she is untrue
Am Dm G
Ah, but I cannot live without her
G7 C Em
For my heart's a boat in tow
Am F G Em
And I'd give the world to know
Am F G C
Why she means to let me go
Am Dm G C
As I sing horee, horo
C Em F G C
Nighean ruach, your lovely hair has more glamour I declare
Am F G C Am Dm G
Than all the tresses rare from Killen to Aberfeldy
G7 C Em F G C
Be they lint, white, brown, or gold be they blacker than the sloe
Am F G C Am Dm G C
They have no more worth to me than a meltin flake o' snow
F G C
And her dance is like the gleam
Am F G C
O'er the sunlight on the stream
Am F G C
And the songs the faeries sing
Am Dm G
Seems like songs she sings at milkin'
G7 C Em
But my heart is full of woe
Am F G Em
For last night she bade me go
Am F G C
And the tears begin to flow
Am Dm G C
As I sing horee, horo
