Nancy the Pride of the West – lyrics and chords

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The lyrics are about a beautiful young woman named Nancy, and how all the men would love to make her his wife.

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[Dm]One morning I chanced for to [Am]rove

When [Dm]Phoebus showed [Bb]clear from the [Gm]east

‘Twas [Dm]down by a green shady grove

I espied a fair [Bb]maid I pro[F]test.

She was handsome and straight and gen[Bb]teel

As the [Am]sweet birds had [Gm]lulled her to [Am]rest

A [Dm]girl at the [Bb]age of six[Am]teen

Called [Dm]Nancy the [Bb]pride of the [F]west.

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Her lips are like coral so fine
Her cheeks like the vermilion red
Her eyes like two diamonds do shine
And the young men all wish her to wed.
To her I’d prove constant and true
Until death with his dart pierce my breast
And my last dying words shall be you
Sweet Nancy the pride of the west.

I travelled from Cork to Kinsale
From Limerick to Kilkenny town
From Mallow to sweet Doneraile
Where beautiful ladies are found.
But never by love was I won
And my mind it was ever at rest
‘Til now in the end I’m undone
By Nancy the pride of the west.

My jewel, my sweetheart, mo sthore
If I your affections can’t gain
I’ll travel the wide world all o’er
And live in a heart-breaking pain.
The meadows and green woods I’ll roam
And the wild fowl I’ll scare from their rest
The valleys shall echo my moan
For Nancy the pride of the west.

Nancy the Pride of the West lyrics and chords print version

[Dm]One morning I chanced for to [Am]rove
When [Dm]Phoebus showed [Bb]clear from the [Gm]east
‘Twas [Dm]down by a green shady grove
I espied a fair [Bb]maid I pro[F]test.
She was handsome and straight and gen[Bb]teel
As the [Am]sweet birds had [Gm]lulled her to [Am]rest
A [Dm]girl at the [Bb]age of six[Am]teen
Called [Dm]Nancy the [Bb]pride of the [F]west.

Her lips are like coral so fine
Her cheeks like the vermilion red
Her eyes like two diamonds do shine
And the young men all wish her to wed.
To her I’d prove constant and true
Until death with his dart pierce my breast
And my last dying words shall be you
Sweet Nancy the pride of the west.

I travelled from Cork to Kinsale
From Limerick to Kilkenny town
From Mallow to sweet Doneraile
Where beautiful ladies are found.
But never by love was I won
And my mind it was ever at rest
‘Til now in the end I’m undone
By Nancy the pride of the west.

My jewel, my sweetheart, mo sthore
If I your affections can’t gain
I’ll travel the wide world all o’er
And live in a heart-breaking pain.
The meadows and green woods I’ll roam
And the wild fowl I’ll scare from their rest
The valleys shall echo my moan
For Nancy the pride of the west.