The Barkshire Tragedy

X:1
T:The Barkshire Tragedy
B:Broadwood, L, 1893, English County Songs, London, Leadenhall Press
S:The tune from G.K. Fortesque, Esq; the words from "The Scouring of the White Horse"
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:D
F |A A G E E G |A2 F E2
w:A var-mer he lived in the West Count-ree,
D/D/ |E3 A,3 | E3 A,2
w:(With a hey down, bow down)
 F |A A G E F G |A2 F D2
w:A var-mer he lived in the West Coun-tree,
D |G2 F E2 D | C C B, HA,2
w:And he had daugh-ters, one, two and three.
 A, |D2 D D F B |A3 G2 F |F F F E D E | D3  |]
w:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love 'll be true_ to me.)
W:A varmer he lived in the West Countree,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:A varmer he lived in the West Countree,
W:And he had daughters, one, two and three.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:As they were walking by the river's brim
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:The eldest pushed the youngest in.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:"O sister, O sister, pray gee me thy hand,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:And I'll gee thee both house and land."
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:"I'll neither gee thee hand nor glove,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:Unless thou'lt gee me thine own true love."
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:So down she sank, and away she swam,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:Until she came to the miller's dam.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:The miller's daughter stood by the door
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:As fair as any gilly-flower.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:"O vather, O vather, here swims a swan
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:Very much like a drownded gentlewoman"
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:The miller he fot his pole and hook
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:And he fished the fair maid out of the brook.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:"O miller, I'll gee thee guineas ten,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:If thou'lt fetch me back to my vather again."
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:The miller he took her guineas ten
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:And he pushed the fair maid in again.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:But the Crowner he came, and the Justice too,
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:With a hue and a cry and a hullabaloo.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:The hanged the miller beside his own gate
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:For drowning the varmer's daughter Kate.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:The sister she fled beyond the seas
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:And died an old maid among black savagees.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)
W:
W:So I've ended my tale of the West Countree
W:With a hey down, bow down)
W:And they calls it the Barkshire Tragedee.
W:(And I'll be true to my love, if my love'll be true to me.)

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