Then you shall be a true lover of mine

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T:Then you shall be a true lover of mine
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Joyce, 1909, No. 117, pp. 59-60.  Learned in childhood from
O:Biddy Hickey
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Ddor
Add d2 e | fed A2 G |
w:Choose when you can an ac-re of land As
Add efd | cde d3 | dAG F3/G/A/B/ |
w:ev-e-ry plant_ grows mer-ry in time Be-tween the salt wat_er
cAG A2 f/e/ | dAG F2 G | edd d3 |
w:and the sea strand And then you shall be a true lov-er of mine
W:
W:Choose when you can an acre of land-
W:As every plant grows merry in time-
W:Between the salt water and the sea strand,
W:And then you shall be a true lover of mine.
W:
W:Plough it up with an old ram's horn
W:Sow it all over with one grain of corn.

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