Chords:
{t: Long Time Ago }
{key: D}
{artist:Mark Coburn}
https://youtu.be/mDcayxKkRmQ
{c: First done for voice and piano by Aaron Copland 1950 }
{c: Totally reworked by Mark Coburn for Baritone - thanks Mark}
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A7] [D]
[D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow
[D] Long time a-[A]go,
[D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow
[D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow.
{c: }
[D] Dwelt a maid be [G] loved and cherish’d
[D] By high and [A] low,
[D] But with autumn [G] leaf she perished
[D] Long [A] time a-[D]go.
{c: }
{sos}
[D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow
[D] Long time a-[A]go,
[D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow
[D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow.
{eos}
[D] Rock and tree and [G] flowing water
[D] Long time a-[A]go,
[D] Bird and bee and [G] blossom taught her
[D] Love’s [A] spell to [D] know.
{c: }
Bridge:
{c: }
[E7] While to my fond [A7] words she listen’d
[E7] Murmuring down [A7] low,
[E7] Tenderly her [A7] blue eyes glisten’d
[E7] Long time a-[A7]go.
{c: }
[D] On the lake where [G] droop’d the willow
[D] Long time a-[A]go,
[D] Where the rock threw [G] back the billow
[D] Brigh-[A]ter than [D] snow.
