Maggie Coulter

Maggie Coulter By Uisce Beatha

Cappo is on first fret inorder to make it sound like the album (The Mystic

of the Baja)

 

I come to town lookin' for my love

she's the sweet one Maggie Coulter

she left the field of her father's farm

with a kit bag on her shoulder

we were going to wed in a nearby town

when November winds came colder

she ran and cried she thought I'd died

cause that's what her father told her

she's sure to be wearing a wedding gown

was her mother's mums before her

you'd only have to see her once

and you'd know why I adored her

she's got strands of hair like the angel's fair

and lips like the reddest roses

but I'll tell you now that I'll cut down

any man who dares proposses

so I've got to run

while I've got the sun

before the ship rolls with the tide

and we'll sail away

at the break of day

never again will she leave my side (REPEAT INTRO)

when she heard the news of my demise

she was overcome with sorrow

she donned her gown

and she knew if she ran

she could catch that ship tommorrow

and when the boat went out to sea

she could throw herself in the water

for she couldn't swim

she knew she'd be dead

by the time that the fishermen caught her

well I reached the shore

but the ship had sailed

and with it went my true love

I swam for miles in the water's wild

but I couldn't catch my true love

and I heard a voice like a swallow's song

as the moon rose up above me

so I let the tide take me down inside

to the one who'll always love me