John Dennison

Intro
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Verse 1
Take Me ABack To DLetterAkenny, ComberBmmere, And Barry's DBay   E​
I Will AWalk Through DFields Of AClover And The BmScent Of Fresh Mown DHay   E​
With AHorse And DPlough I'll ATill My Soil And Ne'er BmRest 'Til End Of DDay   E​
I'll ATake A DWife To AShare My Life. To The F#mWoods No MDore I'll SEtray

Verse 2
From The AShores Of DMadaAwaska In The BmYear Of Seventy-DEight,E​
We APaddled DNorth By ARiver Up To BmOpeongo DLake  E​
T'was My AFather DAnd GrandAfather And BmI My Father's DSon   E​
We ALived By DPlough And ATrap Line 'Til The F#mYear Of EDighty-OEne

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We Set AOut One DFine Spring AMorning In The BmYear Of Eighty-DOne   E​
There AWas My DOld GrandAfather And BmI, His Fine GrandDson   E​
To ACheck Our DTraps For AFox And Mink And To BmCarry Home Our DPrize,E​
To ANorth Arm DWe Did APaddle To F#mWhere We'd SDet Our LEines

Verse 4
We Set AShore At DGreen Lake APortage And GrandBmfather Led The DWay,  E​
To A ATrap We'd DSet A AWeek Before It Was The BmLast One For The DDay   E​
As We ANeared The DSite, There AWas No Sound, There BmWas No Cause To DFear  E​
GrandAfather DMotioned AStay Back Son And F#mCautiouslDy Drew NEear

Bridge
Then A F#mDeathly Roar Crashed TEhrough The Air, A BDeast Then DEid ArAise
And F#mAngered By A BEloody Wound To UDs It TEurned It's EAyes
As GrandF#mfather Turned To FEace The Foe He ODrdered MEe AwAay
"F#mGo My Son Be OEn Your Way Or DDeath You'll KBmnow This DEay"

Verse 5
When I ReAturned To DGreen Lake APortage With My BmFather That Same DNight E​
Both ABear And DMan Lay ACold And Still, For No OBmne Had Won The DFight E​
We ATook GrandDfather Back AWith Us With BmTears In Both Our DEyes  E​
And ALaid Him DTo His AFinal Rest, It's F#mThere That HDe Still LEies.

Verse 6
So AHeed Ye DBold Young AFellows If BmNorth You Plan To DStray E​
ToAwards The DOpeAongo Or The SBmhores Of Annie's DBay   E​
There's A ALone Grave DOn The AHillside Where John BmDennison Does DSleep E​
A ADeathly DWarning ATo All Men. "BeF#mware The FDorest DEeep."

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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