My Lagan She Flows Softly [G]
[Verse 1]
[G] Early in the [G7] morning the [C] sun began to [G] rise
Re [C] flecting on her [G] waters the [Am] movement of [D] the skies
[G] Slowly she flows [G7] onwards dis [C] turbed I cannot [G] see
Through [C] fields and rolling [G] meadows past [Am] local [D] indus [G]try
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My [C] Lagan she flows [C] softly from Slieve [G] Croob down to the [G] sea
Through Dro-[C] more and Dro [G] mara then [Am] close to Agha [D] lee
From [G] Lisburn down to [G7] Hilden Lam [C] beg and then Shaws [G] bridge
To [C] Belfast's salty [G] waters where her [Am] lonesome [D] journey [G] ends
[Verse 2]
The [G] years pass slowly [G7] onwards [C] changes soon un [G] fold
[C] No more horses [G] pulling the [Am] barges filled with [D] coal
The [G] old Lock gates have [G7] rotted the [C] pathways over[G] grown
But [C] still I love to [G] see her as [Am] slowly [D] she grows [G] old
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[Verse 3]
Oh [G] memories they are [G7] precious and [C] they are brought to [G] life
As you [C] walk along the [G] towpath in the [Am] evening's fading [D]light
But [G] even now the [G7] nightlife be [C] gins a brand new [G] day
Some [C] ripples on the [G] surface and a [Am] trout moves [D] on her [G] way
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Young [G] lovers they walk [G7] slowly be [C] side my Lagan [G] stream
[C] Holding hands and [G] talking a [Am] bout their wildest [D] dreams
A[G] cross the water [G7] laughter comes [C] drifting through the [G] night
[C] Dancing shadows [G] ripple [Am] in the [D] moonshine [G] light
[Chorus]