Andy Irvine - The Blind Harper Chords

[Verse]
G        D7           C        G
Have you heard of the blind harper
    G        D     C     G
How he lived in Hogmaven town
G       D       C       G
He went down to fair England
   G             Em           D         Em
To steal King Henry's  wanton  brown
 
[Verse]
G        D7     C      G
First he went unto his wife
     G       D        C        G
With all the haste as go could he
      G         D           C        G
"This work", he said, "will never go well,
     G       Em          D         Em
with out the help of our good grey mare"
 
[Verse]
G              D7       C         G
Said she, "You take the good grey mare
       G       D        C        G      G
She'll run o'er (D)hills both (C)low and (G)high.
   G        D      C       G
Go take the halter in your hose
    G         Em      D         Em
And leave the foal at home with me"
 
[Verse]
      G        D7      C        G
He's  up and   went to England  gone
   G       D        C        G
He went as fast as  go couldhe
    G       D      C        G
And when he got to Carlisle gates
    G            Em      D       Em
Who should there be, but King Henry
 
[Verse]
      G        D7      C        G
"Come in, come in, you blind harper
    G        D     C     G
And (G)of your (D)music, (C)let me (G)hear"
    G      D        C        G
But up and said the blind harper
     G             Em     D      Em
"I'd rather have a stable for my mare"
 
[Verse]
    G           D7       C        G
The king looked over his left shoulder
    G        D     C     G
And he (G)said un(D)to his (C)stable (G)groom
    G        D          C        G
"Go take the Poor blind harper's mare"
    G         Em      D      Em
And put her beside my wanton brown
 
[Verse]
G         D7         C       G
Then he's harped and then he sang
    G        D     C     G
'Till he (G)played them (D)all so (C)sound a(G)sleep
    G       D       C       G
And quietly he took off his shoes
    G        Em     D      Em
And down the stairs he did creep
 
[Verse]
G        D7            C         G
Straight to the stable door he's gone
    G        D     C     G
With a (G)thread so (D)light as (C)light could (G)be
G       D      C        G
When he opened and went in
G        Em     D          Em
He found thirty steeds and three
 
[Verse]
   G        D7     C        G
He took the halter from his hose
    G        D     C     G
And (G)from his (D)purse he (C)did not (G)fail
   G          D        C        G
He slipped it over the wanton's nose
    G       Em     D           Em
And tied it to the grey mare's tail
 
[Verse]
        G       D7           C      G
Then he let her loose at the castle gates
    G      D       C        G
She didn't fail to find her way
G        D           C        G
She went back to her own colt foal
G          Em      D        Em
Three long hours before the day