Prairie Ministrel

                   Erin’s Song

                            By Tom Vance

Key of G

Chord walk down

      G                                                         Em                                         Am7                           D

1.
The name Erin comes from the Emerald Isles, and the Irish flows in her blood;

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Born in the Emerald month of May, on the breath of a fresh Spring day.

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She waited patiently there to be with us here, until it was time to come along;

           G                                Em                                          Am7                                        D

And be in the circle of life and it’s joy, and to sing out her love in her song.

                    C                                            G

Chorus
Now her life is her song and she sings it out strong,

             Am7                                     D

with a voice like the Nightengale

                  C                                          G

And her song is of love and of joy from above,

       Am7                   D                      G

As life’s gentle winds fill her sails.

2.
She has golden brown hair and true blue eyes, and a smile that captures the heart;

And a gentleness that guides her in all she does, and helps her play her part;

With a beauty outside that stills the breath, of those she meets each day;

And a beauty inside that speaks of love, and lights the path on her way.

Chorus

             C                                  Bm                                   Am7                D                      G

Bridge
With visions of ladies in Medieval castles, of riding fast steeds in the glen;

         C                                   Bm                                         Am7                            D

Of elegant gowns and elegant passages, from ancient books of prose.

        C                                             Bm                                     Am7                                        G

Of singing moonbeams that fall on her cheek, to dancing sunlight on the dew;

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She came back again to be with us here, from that far away realm of delight.

3.
Now her days are filled with sunshine and light, with friends and those she loves;

With learning and growing, understanding and knowing,

as she moves through the seasons of life.

She knows what to do and just where to be, as if she’d done it all before;

And she shows us the way to put love in each day, how to open our hearts and more.

Chorus   Chord walk down

Words and music by Tom Vance, © January 1998.

To Erin with love from Dad.

		Erin’s Song
		By Tom Vance
Key of G
		Chord walk down
		G Em Am7 D
1.		The name Erin comes from the Emerald Isles, and the Irish flows in her blood;
		G Em Am7 D
		Born in the Emerald month of May, on the breath of a fresh Spring day.
		G Em Am7 D
		She waited patiently there to be with us here, until it was time to come along;
		G Em Am7 D
		And be in the circle of life and it’s joy, and to sing out her love in her song.

		C G
Chorus		Now her life is her song and she sings it out strong,
		Am7 D
		with a voice like the Nightengale
		C G
		And her song is of love and of joy from above,
		Am7 D G
		As life’s gentle winds fill her sails.

2.		She has golden brown hair and true blue eyes, and a smile that captures the heart;
		And a gentleness that guides her in all she does, and helps her play her part;
		With a beauty outside that stills the breath, of those she meets each day;
		And a beauty inside that speaks of love, and lights the path on her way.

		Chorus

		C Bm Am7 D G
Bridge		With visions of ladies in Medieval castles, of riding fast steeds in the glen;
		C Bm Am7 D
		Of elegant gowns and elegant passages, from ancient books of prose.
		C Bm Am7 G
		Of singing moonbeams that fall on her cheek, to dancing sunlight on the dew;
		G Em Am7 D
		She came back again to be with us here, from that far away realm of delight.

3.		Now her days are filled with sunshine and light, with friends and those she loves;
		With learning and growing, understanding and knowing,
		as she moves through the seasons of life.
		She knows what to do and just where to be, as if she’d done it all before;
		And she shows us the way to put love in each day, how to open our hearts and more.

		Chorus Chord walk down


		Words and music by Tom Vance, © January 1998.
		To Erin with love from Dad.