The Bonnie Bonnie Banks Of The Virgio chords

The Bonnie Bonnie Banks Of The Virgio

• Bb

 

For some reason my mother always sang this in Bb minor (capoed up 1), but put it  
wherever your range is. Chords repeat from verse to verse. 

       C       G         Am 
Three sisters walked out one fine day, 

Am                   C     Dm 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 

      Am   (G     Am) 
They met a robber on the way, 

        C              G           E7   Am 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

He took the first one by the hand, 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
He whipped her 'round and he made her stand, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

Oh, will you be a robber's wife? 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
Or will you die by my pen-knife, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

Oh, I'll not be a robber's wife, 
All the lee and the lonely-o. 
I'd rather die by your pen-knife, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

And so he took his wee pen-knife, 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
And there he took her own dear life, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

(- Repeat for the second sister. -) 

(- Then, repeat for the third, until her answer, which is below. -) 

Oh, I'll not be a robber's wife, 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
And I'll not die by your pen-knife. 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

Oh if my brothers had been here 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
You wouldna' killed my sisters dear, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

Where are your brothers pray do tell 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
One of them's a minister 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

And where is the other one pray do tell 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
He's out a robbing like yourself 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

Oh, my God, what have I done, 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
I've killed my sisters, all but one, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio. 

And so he took his wee pen-knife, 
All the lee and the lonely-o, 
And there he took his own dear life, 
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of the Virgio.  

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