The Merry Haymakers

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T:The Merry Haymakers
B: Purslow, F, (1972), The Constant Lovers, EDFS, London
S:Henry Day, Basingstoke, Hants.  August 1906
Z:Gardiner Hp. 523.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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(D3/2E/) |F3 F F2 A2 |D2 C2 B,2 A, A, |B,2 E2 D2 C2 | D6
w:'Twas_ in the mer-ry month of May in the Spring-time of the  year,
 A2 |d2 c2 B2 A2 (|A2 G2) F2 A2 |B2 E2 F2 ^G2 | A4
w:All down in yon-ders mea-* dows there runs a ri-ver clear,
A3 A |d2 c2 B2 G2 | [M:6/4}[L:1/8] (A3 G) (F2 A2) (d2 c2) | [M:4/4][L:1/8] B2 A2 A2 d2 | (F3 E)
w: And to see those lit-tle fish-*es_ how_ they do sport and  play_
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w:Caus-ed many a lad and many a lass to go there a-mak-ing hay.
W:'Twas in the merry month of May in the Springtime of the year,
W:All down in yonders meadows there runs a river clear,
W:And to see those little fishes how they do sport and play,
W:Caused many a load and many a lass to go there a-making hay.
W:
W:In comes three jolly scythesmen to cut those meadows down,
W:With a good leathern bottle and the ale that is so brown;
W:For there's many a smary young labouring man comes here his skill to try,
W:He whets, he mows, and he stoutly blows for the grass cuts devilish dry.
W:
W:Then in come both Will and Tom with pitchfork and with rake,
W:And likewise black-eyed Susan the hay all for to make;
W:For the sun did shine most glorious and the small birds they did sing,
W:From the morning till the evening as we goes haymaking.
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W:Then just as bright Phoebus the sun was a-going down,
W:Along comes two merry piping men approaching from the town.
W:They pulled out the tabor and pipes, which made the hay-making girls to sing,
W:They all threw down their forks and rakes and left off haymaking.
W:
W:They called for a dance and they jigged it along,
W:They all lay on the haycocks till the rising of the sun.
W:With "jug! jug! jug! and sweet jug!" how the nightingale did sing!
W:From the evening till the morning as we goes haymaking.

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