The Lowlands of Holland                                                         key:C
Arranged by Jonathan Turner


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On the night that I was married and in my marriage bed 

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There came a bold sea captain and to my man he said:

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"Arise, arise ye married man, you must come along with me 

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To the low low lands of Holland to fight the enemy." 

Though Holland is a fair land, a land where grows fine grain
'Tis a far inhabitation for soldiers to remain. 
Where the wild wind blows and the wild grass grows, and the waves are tall and free
'Tis the low low lands of Holland that keep my love from me. 

Now my mother she says to me, "Leave off your sore lament
There are men enough in Galway to make your heart content."
There are men enough in Galway, but alas, there's none for me
Since the low low lands of Holland have come between my love and me.

I'll wear no shawl or mantle nor comb pull through my hair 
No firelight nor candlelight shall ease my heart's despair 
For my love has taken a bonny ship, and he's sailed across the sea
I never had but the one sweetheart, and he's far away from me.

The love that I have chosen, he was my heart's content. 
The salt sea shall be frozen before that I repent. 
And never shall I marry, until the day I die [pronounced "dee"]
For the low low lands of Holland have come between my love and me.