The Lark in the Morn

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T:The Lark in the Morn
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:A Garland of Country Song, S Baring Gould and H Fleetwood Sheppard, 1895
Z:S Baring-Gould
Q:1/4=106
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Fm
F2 |c2 B3/2c/ A2 EG |A3/2B/ G3/2A/ F2
w:The lark in the morn As she ri-ses from her nest,
AB |c2 f3/2e/ c2 BA | B2 AB c2
w:Mounts_ thro' the white air with the dew on her breast.
 (AB) |c3/2c/ BA d2 FG |A3/2A/ GF c2
w:'Long_ with the pret-ty plough boy she'll whist-le and she'll sing
cc |f2 ed c2 BA | G2 F=E F2
w:And re-turns to her nest in the cool ev-en-ing,
 C3/2C/ |F2 GA B2 cc |G2 G3/2F/ HF2 |]
w:And re-turns to her nest in the cool ev-en-ing.
W:The lark in the morn as she rises from her nest
W:Mounts thro' the white air, with the dew on her breast,
W:'Long with the pretty ploughboy, she'll whistle and she'll sing,
W:And return to her nest in the cool evening,
W:And return to her nest in the cool evening.
W:
W:One morning she mounted so cherrily on high,
W:She look'd round about her and at the dark sky,
W:And loudly she was singing and twittering her lay,
W:There's no life like the ploughboy's in the sweet month of May.
W:There's no life, etc.
W:
W:When the day's work is ended and over, he'll go
W:To fair or to market to buy him a bow,
W:And whistle as he walks, O! and shrilly too will sing,
W:There's no life like the ploughboy's all in merry spring.
W:There's no life like the ploughboy's in the sweet month of May.
W:There's no life, etc.
W:
W:Good luck to the ploughboy wherever he may be,
W:A fair pretty maiden he'll take on his knee,
W:He'll drink the nut-brown ale, and this song the lad will sing,
W:Oh! the ploughboy is happier than noble or king.
W:Oh! the ploughboy etc.

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