Dainty Davy was a Lad

X:91
T:Dainty Davy was a Lad
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song
H:I know nothing about this, farther than that the air and a bit of the song
H:remain in a remote corner of my memory from dim old times.
W:Dainty Davy was a lad;
W:He sold the shirt upon his back
W:To buy his wife a looking-glass
W:To see how nice her beauty was:
W:    So there was dainty Davy!
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
"Spirited: not too fast"\
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/AllanGarvin/All/0090
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/AllanGarvin/DaintyDavyWasALad/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england/1416
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/02987
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melodeon.net/melnets_big_abc_file/02987

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