John Dennison

Intro
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Verse 1
Take Me EBack To ALetterEkenny, ComberF#mmere, And Barry's BAay    B​
I Will EWalk Through AFields Of EClover And The F#mScent Of Fresh Mown HAay    B​
With EHorse And APlough I'll ETill My Soil And Ne'er F#mRest 'Til End Of DAay    B​
I'll ETake A AWife To EShare My Life. To The C#mWoods No MAore I'll SBtray

Verse 2
From The EShores Of AMadaEwaska In The F#mYear Of Seventy-EAight, B​
We EPaddled ANorth By ERiver Up To F#mOpeongo LAake   B​
T'was My EFather AAnd GrandEfather And F#mI My Father's SAon    B​
We ELived By APlough And ETrap Line 'Til The C#mYear Of EAighty-OBne

Verse 3
We Set EOut One AFine Spring EMorning In The F#mYear Of Eighty-OAne    B​
There EWas My AOld GrandEfather And F#mI, His Fine GrandsAon    B​
To ECheck Our ATraps For EFox And Mink And To F#mCarry Home Our PArize, B​
To ENorth Arm AWe Did EPaddle To C#mWhere We'd SAet Our LBines

Verse 4
We Set EShore At AGreen Lake EPortage And GrandF#mfather Led The WAay,   B​
To A ETrap We'd ASet A EWeek Before It Was The F#mLast One For The DAay    B​
As We ENeared The ASite, There EWas No Sound, There F#mWas No Cause To FAear   B​
GrandEfather AMotioned EStay Back Son And C#mCautiouslAy Drew NBear

Bridge
Then A C#mDeathly Roar Crashed TBhrough The Air, A BAeast Then DBid ArEise
And C#mAngered By A BBloody Wound To UAs It TBurned It's EEyes
As GrandC#mfather Turned To FBace The Foe He OArdered MBe AwEay
"C#mGo My Son Be OBn Your Way Or DAeath You'll KF#mnow This DaBy"

Verse 5
When I ReEturned To AGreen Lake EPortage With My F#mFather That Same NAight  B​
Both EBear And AMan Lay ECold And Still, For No OF#mne Had Won The FAight  B​
We ETook GrandAfather Back EWith Us With F#mTears In Both Our EAyes   B​
And ELaid Him ATo His EFinal Rest, It's C#mThere That HAe Still LBies.

Verse 6
So EHeed Ye ABold Young EFellows If F#mNorth You Plan To SAtray  B​
ToEwards The AOpeEongo Or The SF#mhores Of Annie's BAay    B​
There's A ELone Grave AOn The EHillside Where John F#mDennison Does SAleep  B​
A EDeathly AWarning ETo All Men. "BeC#mware The FAorest DBeep."

Verse 7
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Take Me Back To Letterkenny, Combermere, And Barry's Bay.
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I Will Walk Through Fields Of Clover And The Scent Of Fresh Mown Hay.
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With Horse And Plough I'll Till My Soil And Ne'er Rest 'Til End Of Day.
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I'll Take A Wife To Share My Life. To The Woods No More I'll Stray.

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