"The Girl I Left Behind Me"TraditionalArranged by: Steve J. McWilliam - 1980 Tabbed In TablEdit by: Steve J. McWilliam - 1998°eÛÀ à @€@€À@€ À @ À €     @ ` @€ À €ÀÀ à  @ €   @À€À à @æ€ @À€@€ À  @!À!#€#& & @& `& €&æ À& @'€' À'(€(@, -  - @-€- À- à- .€.À.À0 à0 `1 2 @2é€2 @34€5À5`7 8 @8é€8 À8 à8 @9:À:€;€<À<= @=@?À?A€AB@C€C ÀD àD @EÀEG€G€HÀHI @I@KÀKM€MN@Næ€NÀN àN @QÀQS€ST@U€U ÀV @WÀWY€Y\ \ @\ `\ À\ @]€] À]^€^@aÀa àa @bc  c €c Àc 0àc 0d€d€f@g `g h Àh àh @iÀjk€k€lÀl àl @m `m n @oÀoq€q€rÀræ@s `s t @uÀuw€wxF C x @xé@y `y €yéÀy ày €z  z Àz 0àzé0{@{€{à{ 0À~ @ À À€ ` €æ ‚ @‚€ƒÀƒ„à…à†à‰à    ­ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Tape and Tab Club (T'n'T) Arrangement - (Tape 'n' Tab Club) The Girl I Left Behind Me - Traditional - (ex Fiddle Tune) Arranged By: Steve J. McWilliam - 1980 Tabbed In TablEdit By: Steve J. McWilliam - 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore Ralph writes that the tune was known in America as early as 1650 and indicates it was a traditional fife tune, imported from England as 'Brighten Camp'. The tune became generally popular during the Revolution. The tune was known in Ireland as 'The Rambling Labourer' and 'The Spailpin Fanach' and was first published in Dublin in 1791. Words (1): I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill, And o'er the moor and valley Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill, Since parting with my Sally I seek for one as fair and gay, But find none to remind me How sweet the hours I passed away, With the girl I left behind me. O ne'er shall I foget the night, the stars were bright above me And gently lent their silv'ry light when first she vowed to love me But now I'm bound to Brighton camp kind heaven then pray guide me And send me safely back again, to the girl I left behind me Her golden hair in ringlets fair, her eyes like diamonds shining Her slender waist, her heavenly face, that leaves my heart still pining Ye gods above oh hear my prayer to my beauteous fair to find me And send me safely back again, to the girl I left behind me The bee shall honey taste no more, the dove become a ranger The falling waters cease to roar, ere I shall seek to change her The vows we made to heav'n above shall ever cheer and bind me In constancy to her I love, the girl I left behind me. Words (2): The hours sad I left a maid A lingering farewell taking Whose sighs and tears my steps delayed I thought her heart was breaking In hurried words her name I blest I breathed the vows that bind me And to my heart in anguish pressed The girl I left behind me Then to the east we bore away To win a name in story And there where dawns the sun of day There dawned our sun of glory The place in my sight When in the host assigned me I shared the glory of that fight Sweet girl I left behind me Though many a name our banner bore Of former deeds of daring But they were of the day of yore In which we had no sharing But now our laurels freshly won With the old one shall entwine me Singing worthy of our size each son Sweet girl I left behind me The hope of final victory Within my bosom burning Is mingling with sweet thoughts of thee And of my fond returning But should I n'eer return again Still with thy love i'll bind me Dishonors breath shall never stain The name I leave behind me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- steve.mcwilliam@btinternet.com http://www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TablEdit - the best tablature editing software for fingerstyle guitarists. http://www.tabledit.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------c0w %).38 %).38