I Have four Sisters

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T:I Have four Sisters
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1972, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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B,2 |E2E2 G2GG |F2F2 E4 |EDEF G2G2 | F2F2 E3
w:I have four sis-ters be-yond the sea, Per-rie, Mer-rie Dix-ie,  Do-min-ie;
B, |E2E2 G2G2 |FFF2 E4 |EDEF G2G2 | F2F2 E4 |
w: And they each sent a pre-sent to me, Per-rie, Mer-rie, Dix-ie,  Do-min-ie;
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w:Pet-rum, Par-trum, Pa-ra-di-si, Tem- po-rie, Per-rie, Mer-rie, Dix-ie, Do-min-ie.
W:I have four sisters beyond the sea,
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:And they each sent a present to me,
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Temporie,
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.
W:
W:The first sent a chicken, without e'er a bone,
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:The second a cherry, without e'er a stone,
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:The third sent a book which no man could read,
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:The fourth sent a blanket, without e'er a thread,
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:How can there be a chicken, without e'er a bone?
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:How can there be a cherry, without e'er a stone?
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:How can there be a book which no man can read?
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:How can there be a blanket, without e'er a thread?
W:Perrie, Merrie, Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:When the chicken's in the egg-shell there is no bone,
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:When the cherry's in the bud, there is no stone.
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie.
W:
W:When the book's in the press, no man can read,
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie;
W:When the blanket's in the fleece there is no thread.
W:Perrie, Merrie Dixie,  Dominie.