Night visiting song
G C
G D G
1. I must away now; I
can no longer tarry,
C G D
this morning's tempest, I have to cross.
G - G7
C G
I must be guided without a stumble,
C-G D G
into the arms I love the most.
G C G D G
2. And when he came
to his true love's dwelling,
C G D
he knelt down gently, upon a stone.
G - G7 C
G
And through her window, he's whispered lowly,
C-G D
G
is my true love within at home?
G C G D G
3. Wake up, wake up,
love, it is thine own true lover,
C G D
wake up, wake up, love, and let me in.
G - G7
C G
For I am tired, love, and oh so weary,
C-G D G
and more than near drenched to the skin.
G C
G D G
4. She's raised her
u..p her down soft pillow,
C-G D
she's raised her u...p and she's let him
in.
G - G7
C G
And they were locked in eachother's arms,
C G D
G
until that long night was past and gone.
G C G D G
5. And when that long
night was past and over,
C G D
and when the small clouds began to grow,
G - G7 C
G
he's taken her hand and hey kissed and parted,
C G D G
then he saddled and mounted and away did go.
6.= repeat verse 1
(Dubliners)