John Dennison

Intro
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Verse 1
Take Me CBack To FLetterCkenny, ComberDmmere, And Barry's FBay   G​
I Will CWalk Through FFields Of CClover And The DmScent Of Fresh Mown FHay   G​
With CHorse And FPlough I'll CTill My Soil And Ne'er DmRest 'Til End Of FDay   G​
I'll CTake A FWife To CShare My Life. To The AmWoods No FMore I'll GStray

Verse 2
From The CShores Of FMadaCwaska In The DmYear Of Seventy-FEight,G​
We CPaddled FNorth By CRiver Up To DmOpeongo FLake  G​
T'was My CFather FAnd GrandCfather And DmI My Father's FSon   G​
We CLived By FPlough And CTrap Line 'Til The AmYear Of FEighty-GOne

Verse 3
We Set COut One FFine Spring CMorning In The DmYear Of Eighty-FOne   G​
There CWas My FOld GrandCfather And DmI, His Fine GrandFson   G​
To CCheck Our FTraps For CFox And Mink And To DmCarry Home Our FPrize,G​
To CNorth Arm FWe Did CPaddle To AmWhere We'd FSet Our GLines

Verse 4
We Set CShore At FGreen Lake CPortage And GrandDmfather Led The FWay,  G​
To A CTrap We'd FSet A CWeek Before It Was The DmLast One For The FDay   G​
As We CNeared The FSite, There CWas No Sound, There DmWas No Cause To FFear  G​
GrandCfather FMotioned CStay Back Son And AmCautiousFly Drew GNear

Bridge
Then A AmDeathly Roar Crashed GThrough The Air, A FBeast Then GDid ACrise
And AmAngered By A GBloody Wound To FUs It GTurned It's CEyes
As GrandAmfather Turned To GFace The Foe He FOrdered GMe ACway
"AmGo My Son Be GOn Your Way Or FDeath You'll DmKnow This GDay"

Verse 5
When I ReCturned To FGreen Lake CPortage With My DmFather That Same FNight G​
Both CBear And FMan Lay CCold And Still, For No ODmne Had Won The FFight G​
We CTook GrandFfather Back CWith Us With DmTears In Both Our FEyes  G​
And CLaid Him FTo His CFinal Rest, It's AmThere That FHe Still GLies.

Verse 6
So CHeed Ye FBold Young CFellows If DmNorth You Plan To FStray G​
ToCwards The FOpeCongo Or The SDmhores Of Annie's FBay   G​
There's A CLone Grave FOn The CHillside Where John DmDennison Does FSleep G​
A CDeathly FWarning CTo All Men. "BeAmware The FForest GDeep."

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.

Outro
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