Chords for The Duke's Eldest Daughter (Freedom, Flight, & Fantasy)

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[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ The Duke's second daughter was [G] ravishing and fair,
[F] Bright blue were her eyes and [Am] bright gold was [F] her hair.
[Bb] The Duke's youngest daughter with [Eb] eyes like [Bb] the sky,
[Ab] And hair like mad shadows made [Dm] _ courteous sigh,
[Bb] But the Duke's [G] eldest daughter, [Dm] a maiden called Jane,
[D] Brown [Eb]-haired and browned eyes, was [F] _
[Bb] decisively plain.
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_ _ _ No suitor had she not, a soul [Gm] sought her hand,
Although she [F] must wed first by [Em] her father's [F] command,
[Bbm] And nobody knew nor would [Gm] care if [F] were told
[Ab] That plain [Cm] little Jane [F] had a voice of pure gold.
[Bb] Since no one [G] would miss her [F] at night [Dm] on her own,
[G] Through evening [Bb] dark forests she'd [F] wander [Bb] _ _ alone.
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_ For Jane knew [C] a secret [Bb]
she'd learn'd [Gm] by chance,
[F] A place in the forest [Em] where elves came [F] to dance
[Bb] At night as she [Fm] watched [Eb] them in their [Dm] magic ring.
_ [Ab] Enthralled by their music, [Dm] Jane started to sing,
[Bb] Shocked by [Gm] her own boldness, [Bb] was still pleased [F] to find
[G] That harpists [Bb] and dancers did [F] not seem to [B] mind.
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Came winter and Jane dared not wander [Gm] by night,
But roped in [F] the corner [Em] a pitiful [F] sight,
[Bb] And cruel her [F] two sisters [Eb] impatient [Bb] to wed
[Ab] Would heap bitter scorn [F] on unhappy Jane's head.
[Bb] There was no [Eb] escape from [Bb] their torments [F] but sleep,
[Eb] And long in the [Bb] darkness [F] Jane softly [Bb] would _ _ [Eb] weep.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ One evening [F] they followed [Bb] her right to [G] her bed,
[Bb] And one said [F] in anger, [C] I wish you were dead.
[Bb] So Jane [F] fled in tears to [Eb] the snow and [Bb] the storm,
[Ab] Without even [Eb] a thing to [F] keep herself warm.
[Bb] Soon lost [Eb] in the dark and [Bb] the snow [F] soft and deep,
[Eb] She felt herself [F] nothing and falling [Bb] _ asleep.
[Dm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Perhaps this is better, she said with [G] a sigh,
[Bb] And gave herself up to [Am] the storm then to [F] die.
[Bb] But before death could [F] claim her [Eb] with fear-filled [Dm] alarms,
She [Ab] was snatched from death's cold hands [Dm] by strong elven arms.
[Bb] To elf voices [G] urging [Dm] she lit, she awoke,
[G] Embraced [Eb] by pure love and [F] a warm [Bb] elven glow.
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_ [Bb] _ _ Now Jane disappeared in that storm, [Eb] it is said,
And both the [Bb] duke's daughters [Em] are certain [F] she's dead.
[Bb] But if you [F] should chance near [Eb] that wild elven [Bb] hill,
[Ab] You'll find that the elf folk [F] at night dance their stool,
[Bb] And the music [Eb] they dance to [Bb] is sung [Dm] and displayed
[Eb] By a proud half [Bb]-elf and [F] his dear [Bb] mortal maid.
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