The Island Come And See

2 . the island : come and see/the landlord’s daughter/you’ll feel not the drowning Intro Em Verse 1 there’s an island hidden in the sound lapping currents lay your boat aground G affix your barb and bayonet A A# the curlews carve their arabesques Em and sorrow fills the silence all around come and see Verse 2 there’s a harbor lost within the reeds a jetty caught in over - hanging trees G among the bones of cormorants A A# no boot - mark here nor fingerprint Em the rivers roll down to a soundless sea come and see G G/F# Em come and see Chorus D C the tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C the willows mark the wind Em D C and all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C we’ll not go home again B7 C come and see B7 C D Em come and see Verse 3 in the lowlands , nestled in the heath a briar - cradle rocks its babe to sleep G its contents watched by sycora x A A# and patagon in paralla x Em a foretold rumbling sounds below the deep come and see G G/F# Em come and see Chorus D C the tides all come and go witnessed by no waking eye Em D C the willows mark the wind Em D C and all we know for sure amidst this fading light Em D C we’ll not go home again B7 C come and see B7 C D Am come and see * the landlords daughter * Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D as i was A - ramble down by the water Am D Am D Am D Am D i spied in sable the landlord’s daughter Am D Am D i produced my pistol , then my saber Am D Am D said , "make no whistle or thou will be murdered!" Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D la - ha - ha la - ha Am D Am D she cursed , she shivered , she cried for mercy Am D Am D "my gold and silver if thou will release me!" G A# F G# D# A#m A Dm A# Dm A# i’ll take no gold , miss . i’ll take no silver . Dm A# Dm A# but i’ll take those sweet lips and thou will deliver! Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D la - ha - ha la - ha Dm C F G Am * you’ll feel not the drowning * Intro Am Asus2 Verse 1 Am C i will dress your eyelids Am C with dimes upon your eyes Am C lay you close to water Am C green your grave will rise Chorus G go to sleep now , little ugly Am go to sleep now , you little fool G forty winking in the belfry F G you’ll not feel the drowning F G G#+ you’ll not feel the drowning Verse 2 Am C forget you once had sweethearts Am C they’ve forgotten you Am C think you not on parents Am C they’ve forgotten too Chorus G go to sleep now , little ugly Am go to sleep now , you little fool G forty winking in the belfry F G you’ll not feel the drowning F G G#+ you’ll not feel the drowning Verse 3/Outro Am C hear you now the captain Am C heave his sorrowed cry Am C the weight upon your eyelids Am C is dimes laid on your eyes