A Lawyer He Went out

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T:A Lawyer He Went out
B:Geroge Butterworth,Folk Songs from Suffolk and Other Songs, Stainer and Bell, 1974
Z:Frances Jekyll
S:Cranstone, Mrs. / Mrs. Verrall
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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E |A2 B c2 A |G2 E C2
w:A law-yer he went out one day,
G |c2 c e2 c |[M:9/8][L:1/8] (B2 c) d3
w:A-ri-ding through the ci--ty,
   c2 d | e2 c d3 c2 B |(AB) c (E2 D)
w:It was there he met with a hand--some maid,_
C2 D |[M:6/8][L:1/8]EEE E2 D |[M:9/8][L:1/8] (A2 G) A3- A z2 |]
w: And he thought her so sweet and pret--ty.
W:A lawyer he went out one day,  
W:A-riding through the city,
W:It was there he met with a handsome maid,
W:And he thought her so sweet and pretty.
W:
W:"Good morning to you, pretty maid,
W:O whiter are you going?"
W:"I am going a-down yonder meadow," she said,
W:"Where my father he is a-mowing."
W:
W:"I'll take you up to London town,
W:And all such lovely places,
W:I will busk you into a silken gown,
W:Gold rings and gold chains and laces."
W:
W:"I'll have none of your London town,
W:Nor any such lovely places,
W:I will not be busked into a silken gown,
W:Gold rings and gold chains and laces."
W:
W:And now she is a poor man's wife,
W:Her husband dearly loves her,
W:And she lives a sweet and contented life,
W:There's no lady in town above her.

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