Intro: DGCDDG
Roll-roll-roll-roll,
CA7
Roll-roll-rolling down the hole
DG
Heave ho! Splash plump!
CAD
Down they go, down they bump!
DC
Down the swift dark stream you go
DC
Back to lands you once did know!
EmA
Leave the halls and caverns deep,
EmA
Leave the northern mountains steep,
Where the forest wide and dim
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
Float beyond the world of trees
Out into the whispering breeze,
Past the rushes, past the reeds,
Past the marsh's waving weeds,
Through the mist that riseth white
Up from mere and pool at night!
Follow, follow stars that leap
Up the heavens cold and steep;
Turn when dawn comes over land,
Over rapid, over sand,
South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day,
Back to pasture, back to mead,
Where the kine and oxen feed!
EmF#7
Back to gardens on the hills
EmF#7
Where the berry swells and fills
H7Em
Under sunlight, under day!
GA7
South away! and South away!
DC
Down the swift dark stream you go
DC
Back to lands you once did know!