Written by The Clancy Brothers
verse 1: C F C I know a valley fair, Eileen Aroon F C I know a cottage there, Eileen Aroon F Far in that valley shade C F Am G I know a tender maid C F Am C F C Flower of the hazel glade, Eileen Aroon verse 2: F C Who in the dance so fleet, Eileen Aroon F C Who in the song so sweet, Eileen Aroon F Dear are her charms to me C F Am G Dearer her love for me C F Am C F C Dearest her constancy, Eileen Aroon verse 3: F C Were she no longer true, Eileen Aroon F C What would her lover do, Eileen Aroon F Fly with a broken chain C F Am G Far o'er the sounding main C F Am C F C Never to love again, Eileen Aroon verse 4: F C Youth will in time decay, Eileen Aroon F C Beauty must fade away, Eileen Aroon F Castles are sacked in war C F Am G Chieftains are scattered far C F Am C F C Truth is a fixed star, Eileen Aroon
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