If I Had a Wife

X:7520
T:If I Had a Wife
T:Dennis Murphy's
T:Nellie Mahony's
R:slide
D:Chieftains: Live
Z:id:hn-slide-3
M:6/8
W:If I had a wife, the plague of my life, I'll tell you what I would do:
W:I'd buy her a boat, and put her afloat, and paddle my own canoe.
K:G
A|:BAA A2d|edd d2B|AGA B2A|G3 G2A|
BAA A2d|edd d2B|AGA B2A|1 G3 G2A:|2 G3 gfe||
|:d2g geg|age dBd|e2a aba|g2a bge|
d2g geg|age dBd|efg aba|1 g3 gfe:|2 g3 g2||
"Version of 1st part"
A|:B2A ABd|e2d d2B|AGA B2A|G3 G2A|
~B3 ABd|e2d d2B|AGA B2A|1 G3 G2A:|2 G3 gfe||

Alternative sources for this tune:

• tunearch.org/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Wife_(2).no-ext/0002
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/LesterBailey/melnets_big_abc_file/06000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/OTIS_Irish_Session/melnets_big_abc_file/06000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/if/If_I_Had_a_Wife_1/0000
• www.atrilcoral.com/Partituras_ABC/i-j.zip/i-j/0087