Noreen Bawn Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

G G6 G

G

C E7 AM There's a spot in old Tirconnel, there's a wee house in the glen,

D7 Where dweltG an Irish colleeG7n, who inspired the heartsG of mCen, Cm G

C E7 She Amwas winsome, fair and hearty, shy and graceful as the fawn,

D9 Neighbors loved D7the widowsG daughter, happy, laD7ughing Noreen Bawn.G

Then one day there came a letter, with her passage paid to go,

To the land where the Missouri and the Mississippi flowed,

So she said good-bye to Erin, and next morning at the dawn,

A poor broken hearted mother bid farewell to Noreen Bawn.

Many years that Mother waited, till one morning at the door,

Stood a gorgeous looking lady, all grand the clothes she wore,

Saying Mother don't you know me, sure I've only got a cold,

But the purple spots upon her cheeks, the tragic story told.

There's a graveyard in Tirconnel, where the blossoms sadly wave,

There's a broken hearted Mother, knelling on a lonely grave,

Saying my Noreen you are calling, its long years since you've

gone,

It was the curse of immigration, that laid you low my Noreen Bawn.