Intro A 

Verse 
                       D        E 
The bonny head and the well fed heir 
    A                D 
The handsome heir o' Linne 
A                       D        E 
Yonder he stands at his father's gate 
    A      D        E 
And nobody bids him in 

Verse 
A                     G 
See where he goes and see where he stands 
    D     A       E 
The weary heir of Linne 
G                       D         A 
Yonder he stands on the cold causeway 
    D      E        A 
And nobody bids him in 

Verse 
                        D         E 
He's sold his father's estate and land 
     A            D 
He's sold it on a day 
    A                 D    E 
Within three-quarters of a year 
     A       D        E 
He's not one brass penny 

Verse 
    A                   G 
For he has drunk of the wine so clear 
     D       A         E 
Good company spent his gold 
    G              D      A 
And now he wanders on the shore 
D       E       A 
Hungry, wet and cold 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
    A                   D          E 
His nurse at her window she looked out 
  A                D 
Beholding dale and down 
    A                  D         E 
And there she saw this sad young man 
     A       D      E 
Come walking to the town 

Verse 
      A                  G 
“Come here, come here my child,” she said 
     D        A         E 
“And rest yourself with me 
     G                D      A 
I've seen you in much better days 
   D      E    A 
In jovial company” 

Verse 
                         D         E 
“Give me a slice of your bread, Nursey 
      A              D 
And a bottle of your wine 
     A              D     E 
I'll pay you for it o'er again 
     A       D       E 
When I'm the Lord of Linne” 

Verse 
        A                 G 
“You'll get a slice of my bread, my child 
      D      A     E 
And a bottle of my wine 
    G               D        A 
But pay me when the seas run dry 
       D        E       A 
You'll never be Lord of Linne” 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
     A                 D      E 
Then he has turned him right about 
   A            D 
As any mother's son 
   A                  D         E 
So off he has set and found his way 
    A           D       E 
And straightway came to Linne 

Verse 
    A                   G 
But when he came to the castle strong 
          D       A       E 
They were all sat down to dine 
  G               D        A 
A score of nobles there he saw 
    D        E      A 
Sat drinking at the wine 

Verse 
                         D         E 
Some said, “Give him the beef, the beef” 
     A                   D 
Some said, “Give him the bone” 
    A                    D          E 
And some said, “Give him nothing at all 
    A       D      E 
But let the beggar roam” 

Verse 
     A                G 
Then up and spake the new-come lord 
  D     A          E 
A saucy word spoke he 
      G                     D     A 
“Pass round the cup, let my rival sup 
     D        E      A 
Then send him on his way” 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
     A                    D      E 
He's turned him right and round about 
   A            D 
As any father's son 
       A           D      E 
He's reminded of a leaden key 
    A      D         E 
His father left with him 

Verse 
    A             G 
His father left a meagre key 
D      A       E 
Just before he died 
   G                D     A 
He bade him keep it secretly 
     D      E       A 
Till he was most in need 

Verse 
                          D      E 
Then forth he went, these nobles left 
    A               D 
All drinking in the hall 
    A              D      E 
And he has found a bolted door 
  A       D      E 
Below the castle wall 

Verse 
    A              G 
The key has opened up the door 
     D       A       E 
Wherein lies all his hope 
    G                   D         A 
But where he thought to find good gold 
      D       E          A 
There stood a gibbet and rope 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
A                  D        E 
Under the rope was placed a stool 
    A                 D 
All covered o'er with dust 
    A             D          E 
The father had condemned the son 
    A        D      E 
His sentence it was just 

Verse 
    A                    G 
The son he sighed, stood on the stool 
D       A       E 
Never a word he spoke 
    G                D    A 
But as he jumped to eternity 
D        E      A 
Down the gibbet broke 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
   A                  D        E 
It broke and cracked above his head 
   A             D 
He landed on the floor 
    A                  D       E 
And round him rolling, shining bright 
      A      D      E 
Was a hidden golden store 

Instrumental 
A   G  D   A   G  D 
A   G  D   A   G  D  E 

Verse 
 A                    D           E 
“Oft have I gone with bitter cold feet 
    A                  D 
Likewise with legs all bare 
    A                D        E 
And many days walked at these gates 
A        D          E 
With sad sorrow and care" 

Verse 
     A               G 
"But now my sorrow's past and gone 
D       A     E 
Joy has all returned 
G               D     A 
Now that I have gold enough 
   D      E      A 
To buy my lands again” 

Verse 
                    D       E 
As he galloped back through town 
   A          D 
He jubilantly crowed 
    A                 D         E 
And he's called out before them all 
    A          D       E 
The nurse from out her house 

Verse 
      A                  G 
“Come here, come here my nurse,” he said 
      D        A         E 
“I'll pay your bread and wine 
     G            D       A 
Seas ebb and flow as they will 
     D       E       A 
Yet, I'm the Lord of Linne” 

Instrumental 
A   D  E  A  D  E 
A   D  E  A  D  E 

Verse 
A                G 
He's gone up the Gallowgate port 
   D     A        E 
In tatty hose and gown 
    G                 D       A 
But he was carried by fifteen lords 
D       E         A 
When he came back down 

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