Noreen Bawn - D J Curtin
Tabbed by Mark Hewitt
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Intro:
B F# B F#
Verse 1:
B F# B B7 E G#7
There's a spot in old Tirconnel, there's a wee house in the glen
C#m F#7 B G#7 C# C#7 F#
Where dwelt an Irish colleen, who charmed the hearts of men
B F# B B7 E G#7
She was winsome, fair and hearty, shy and graceful as the fawn,
C#m F#7 B G#m C#m F# B F#
Neighbours loved the widows daughter, happy, laughing Noreen Bawn
Verse 2:
B F# B B7 E G#7
Then one day there came a letter, with her passage paid to go
C#m F#7 B G#7 C# C#7 F#
To the land where the Missouri and the Mississippi flow
B F# B B7 E G#7
So she said good-bye to Erin, and next morning at the dawn
C#m F#7 B G#m C#m F# B G (key change)
A poor broken hearted mother bid farewell to Noreen Bawn
Verse 3:
C G C C7 F A7
Many years that Mother waited, till one morning at the door
Dm G7 C A7 D D7 G
Stood a gorgeous looking lady, all grand the clothes she wore
C G C C7 F A7
Saying Mother don't you know me, sure I've only got a cold
Dm G7 C Am Dm G C G# (key change)
But the purple spots upon her cheeks, the tragic story told
Verse 4:
C# G# C# C#7 F# A#7
There's a graveyard in Tirconnel, where the blossoms sadly wave
D#m G#7 C# A#7 D# D#7 G#
There's a broken hearted Mother, kneeling on a lonely grave
C# G# C# C#7 F# A#7
Saying my Noreen you are calling, its long years since you've gone
D#m G#7 C# A#m (N.C.) C# A B C#
It was the curse of emigration, that laid you low my Noreen Bawn
