the Streams of Lovely Nancy

X: 1
T: the Streams of Lovely Nancy
R: waltz
Z: John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
N: From a facsimile page at http://members.tripod.co.uk/birchmore2/gif/streams.gif
N: Sung by George Dowden, Lackington, Dorset (H.L.D.H. 1905)
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: G
GG | "G"G2 B2 DC | "C(D)"C2 "G"B,2 B,C | "G"(DG) BA "D7"((3AGF) | "G"G4 FG |
w: Oh, the streams of love-ly Nan-cy are di-vid-*ed in three** parts, where the
| "D7"A2 d2 (cB) | "D7"(Ad) (cB) AG | "G"B2 D3 (E/D/) | "D"D4 FG |
w: young men and* maid-*ens* they do meet their sweet* hearts. It is
| "D7"A2 d2 cB | "D7"(AB) (cB) AG | "G"B2 D2 D2 | "D7"A2 (dc) (AF) |
w: drink-ing of good li-*quor* caused my heart for to sing, and* the*
| "G"G2 B2 DC | "C(D)"C2 B,2 "G"B,C | "G"D2 G2 "D7"(BA) | "G"G4 |]
w: noise in yon-der vil-lage made the rocks for to* ring.
W
W: Oh, the streams of lovely Nancy are divided in three parts,
W: Where the young men and maidens they do meet their sweet hearts.
W: It is drinking of good liquor caused my heart for to sing,
W: And the noise in yonder village made the rocks for to ring.
W:
W: At the top of this mountain, there my love's castle stands.
W: It's all overbuilt with ivory on yonder black sand,
W: Fine arches, fine porches, and diamonds so bright.
W: It's a pilot for a sailor on a dark winter's night.
W:
W: On yonder high mountain, where the wild fowl do fly,
W: There is one amongst them that flies very high.
W: If I had her in my arms, love, near the diamond's black land,
W: How soon I'd secure her by the sleight of my hand.
W:
W: At the bottom of this mountain there runs a river clear.
W: A ship from the Indies did once anchor there,
W: With her red flags a-flying and the beating of her drum,
W: Sweet instruments of music and the firing of her gun.
W:
W: So come all you little streamers that walk the meadows gay,
W: I'll write unto my own true love, wherever she may be.
W: For her rosy lips entice me, with her tongue she tells me `No',
W: And an angel might direct us right, and where shall we go?

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Streams_of_Lovely_Nancy/0000

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