N-The Cow That Ate The Piper C- A- T- S-100 K-D B-4/4 F-tune: Denny Byrne, The Piper H- M-5d-8 d-8 S-6 d-4 D-8 D-8 D-4 a-8_a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 E-4 F-8 G-8 a-4 b-8 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 E-2 D-4 S-6 L- In the year nine-ty eight when trou- bles were great, It was trea- son to be a Mi- le- sian, H- M-5d-8 d-8 S-6 d-4 D-8 D-8 D-4 a-8 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 E-4 F-8_G-8 a-4 b-8 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 E-2 D-4 S-6 L- But that black- whis-kered set I will ne- ver for-get That his- to- ry tells us were Hes- sians. H- M-5a-8 a-8 S-6 a-4 b-8 c-8 d-4 d-8_d-8 e-4 d-8 a-8 a-4 c-8 d-8 e-4 c-8 a-8 c-4 b-8 a-8 b-2 a-4 S-6 L- In those trou- ble-some times how great were the crimes When at drin- king they ne- ver were ri- per, H- M-5d-8 d-8 S-6 d-4 D-8 D-8 D-4 a-8 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 E-4 F-8_G-8 a-4 b-8 a-8 a-4 G-8_F-8 E-2 D-4 S-6 S-6 L- Nigh the town of Tra- lee, not an a- cre from me, Lived one Den- ny Byrne, a pi- per.