[Intro]
Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb
Come you down from Newcastle
Gm7
Come you there far away
Eb7sus2
All mad you're not my true love
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Who dwells by Dublin bay
[Chorus]
Bb
Why should I not love my love?
Gm7
Why shouldn't my love love me?
Eb7sus2
Why should I not speed after her
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Since love to all is free?
[Verse 2]
Bb
Her father, once my true friend
Gm7
Now turns me from the door
Eb7sus2
Her mother loved me worthy
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
But bid me love her no more
[Chorus]
Bb
Why should I not love my love?
Gm7
Why shouldn't my love love me?
Eb7sus2
Why should I not speed after her
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Since love to all is free?
[Verse 3]
Bb
Ask why at once, my true friend
Gm7
Would now my rival be
Eb7sus2
While I Willy madly ran away
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
To sail the stormy sea
[Chorus]
Bb
Why should I not love my love?
Gm7
Why shouldn't my love love me?
Eb7sus2
Why should I not speed after her
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Since love to all is free?
[Verse 4]
Bb
In spite of flame and danger
Gm7
With her Willy she will roam
Eb7sus2
My arms are safe defend her
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Her breast my happy home
[Chorus]
Bb
Why should I not love my love?
Gm7
Why shouldn't my love love me?
Eb7sus2
Why should I not speed after her
Gm7 Bbmaj7/A Bb
Since love to all is free?
