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Capo on 5th fret
Intro: Am G Fm Em Am G Fm Em
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Am G C Em Em
By Clyde's bonny banks, As I slowly did wander
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Among the pit heaps, As the evening grew nigh
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I spied a young woman, All dressed in black mourning
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Weeping and wailing, With many a sigh
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I stepped up beside her, And gently addressed her
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Would it help you to talk, About the cause of your pain
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Weeping and wailing, At last she did answer
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Johnny Murphy, Kind sir, Is my true lovers name
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Twenty-one years of age, Full of youth and good lookin'
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To work down the mine, Of High Blantyre he came
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Our wedding was fixed, All the guests were invited
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That calm summers' evening, My Johnny was slain
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The explosion was heard, By the women and children
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With pale anxious faces, They ran to the mine
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When the news was made known, All the hills rang with mourning
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Three hundred and ten, Scottish miners were slain
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Mothers and daughters, And sweethearts and lovers
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The Blantyre explosion, Will never forget
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All you good people, That hear my sad story
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Remember the miners, Who lie at their rest
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