Intro
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Verse 1
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She danced with daisies in her hair—like a springtime meadow
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And all the hills would stop and stare—and the flowers sing out
[C] [G]
Like golden bells upon the breeze—whoa!—with songs of sun and budding leaf
Verse 2
[C] [G]
I heard her singing in the reeds—by the Withywindle
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Like silver floating on the breeze—even old man Willow
[C] [G]
Would hear her voice and he would smile—whoa!—her voice, like morning light
Verse 3
[C] [G]
I took her hand and called her fair—river-woman’s daughter
[Am] [F]
We wed beneath the willows there—in her bright green grotto
[C] [G]
The forest folk all came to see—whoa!—all fur and claw and cunning teeth
Verse 4
[C] [G]
I took her dancing through the hills—like a river running
[Am] [F]
From mountain glade to valley fields, and the halls of summer
[C] [G]
Rang out and sang in harmony—whoa!—as flowers bloomed and blossomed sweet
Bridge
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They call me eldest; I remember
[Am] [F]
The first seed and drop of rain
[C] [G]
And my voice can set the trees and
[Am] [F]
All the hills to laughing song
[C] [G]
My River Daughter, clear as water
[Am] [F]
And slender as a willow-wand;
[C] [G]
She’s waiting for me, and the lilies
[Am] [F]
That I bring when summer’s gone
[C] [G]
When all the leaves make golden halls—whoa!
[C] [G]
When all the leaves make golden halls
Outro
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Merry dol, merry dol Tom dillo
