B    = 799800
A    = 577600
E    = 022100
A/B  = 022220


[Intro]
B  A  E (x4)

[Verse]
          B   A         E
I hung my harp upon the willows
             B   A            E
When I first made this harbour town
          B    A         E
My broken heart by fair Eliza
                B  A               E
Still fresh and raw when I came to town

            B    A         E
I learned a trade from Alexander
            B     A        E
A scoundrel of the first degree
               B    A           E
And within the year I was so despondent
            B     A            E
That Doctor Fleeming well knew me

[Chorus]
         A/B                E
Oh Eglinton floating on the water
         A/B                      E
Oh Eglinton the rose was there for me
          B    A             E
I hung my harp high upon the willows
          B   A       E
Of Irvine town by the sea

B  A  E (x2)

[Verse]
        B   A            E
On Hogmanay I burned the work down
            B  A         E
I found myself without a crown
             B   A         E
Oh but I had more than any silver
               B     A           E
'Cause I had a friend in Richard Brown
        B   A         E
In Eglinton wood we'd wander
               B      A         E
On the Drukken steps I would recite
          B    A             E
Take your harp down from the willows
             B    A           E
Said Richard Brown and he was right

[Chorus]
         A/B                E
Oh Eglinton floating on the water
         A/B                      E
Oh Eglinton the rose was there for me
          B    A             E
I took my harp down from the willows
        B     A        E
Richard Brown I bow to thee

[Outro]
        A/B            E
Richard Brown I bow to thee
        A/B            E
Richard Brown I bow to thee