I'm A' Doon For Lack of Johnnie

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T:I'm A' Doon For Lack of Johnnie
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1936
S:Mrs George Gilchrist, before 1900
Z:Frank Kidson/Anne G Gilchrist
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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F |(B3/2A/) (G-G2A/B/) |(c3/2A/) F2 z (G/A/) |B-B2A (A/G) F/ | F/ B2 z/ z z
w:I'm a'_ doon___doon,_doon, I'm_ doon_ for lack_ o' John-nie.
F |(B3/2A/) (G-G2A/B/) |(c3/2A/) F2 z (G/A/) |B-B2A (A/G) F/ | F/ B2 z/ z z
w:I'm a'_ doon___doon,_doon, I'm_ doon_ for lack_ o' John-nie.
F |B d f-f2 (B/c/) |d3/2 c/ c2 z F |B d (f2-f/e/) (d/c/) | B/ f2 z/
w:I sit up-_on an_ auld feal sunk, I sit and greet_* for*  John-nie
 F B d |f4 (Bc) |d3/2 c/ c2 F2 |B2-B A (3:2GA F | F/ B2  |]
w:And gin he's gi'en me_ the be-gunk Och-*one_ what will_ o' me?
W:I'm a' doon, doon, doon,
W:I'm doon for lack o' Johnnie,
W:I'm a' doon, doon, doon,
W:I'm doon for lack o' Johnnie.
W:I sit upon an auld feal sunk,
W:I sit and greet for Johnnie,
W:And gin he's gi'en me the begunk,
W:Ochone, what will become of me?

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