Belle Isle

trad. / Bob Dylan: Self Portrait (1970)

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One	evening for pleasure I	rambled to view the	fair fields	all a	lone.

	F	G	G
Down by the banks of	Loch Eiron where	beauty and pleasure were	known.

	a	e	a	G
I	spied a fair maid at her	labour which	caused me to stay for a	while.

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	And I thought of a	goddess of	beauty	bloomin bright	star of bright	isle.

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I	humbled	myself to her	beauty "Fair	maiden, where	do you be-	long?

	C	a	e	d	F	G
Are	you from	heaven de	scended a	biding in	cupids fair	throne?"

	a	e	a	e
"Young	man, I will tell you a	secret It's	true I'm a maid that is	poor.

	C	a	F	f
And to	part from my vows and my	promise Is	more than my heart can	endure.

	C	e	a	e	G
There	fore I re	main at my ser	vice And	go through all my hardship and	toil

	C	e	a	F	G	C
And	wait for the	lad that has	left me All	alone on the	banks of belle	isle".

	C	a	e	F	G	C
"Young	maiden I	wish not to	banter It's	true I come	here in dis	guise.

	C	e	a	d	G
I came	here to ful	fill our last	promise And	hope to give you a sur	prise.

	a	G	a	e	G
I've	known you're a maid I love	dearly And you've	been in my	heart all the	while.

	C	e	a	F	G	C
For	me there is	no other	damsel Than my	bloomin bright	star of belle	isle".