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The old turf fire
Found in old_turf_fire.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:1 T:The old turf fire B:Singing Together, Spring 1976, BBC Publications F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:4/4 %Meter L:1/8 % K:F F3/2A/ |A2 D2 (D3/2E/) F3/2G/ |A2 D2 D3 w:Oh, the old turf fire_ and the hearth swept clean, E/D/ |C3/2=B,/ C3/2D/ E3/2D/ E3/2F/ | G3/2E/ C3/2D/ G3 w:There is no-one half so hap-py as my-self and Pad-dy Keane; F/E/ |D3/2D/ D3/2D/ d3/2d/ c3/2d/ |e3/2d/ c3/2A/ c2 w:With the ba-by in the cra-dle you could hear her mam-my say (3:2A=Bc |d3/2c/ A3/2G/ F3/2D/ A3/2G/ | F3/2D/ D3/2C/ D2 w:"Would-n't you go to sleep, A-lan-na, till I wet your dad-dy's tay" F3/2G/ |A2 D3/2D/ D3/2E/ F3/2G/ |A3/2G/ A3/2=B/ c3 w: 'Oh the man that I work for is a rich-er man than me, (B/A/) |G3/2C/ C3/2D/ (E3/2D/) E3/2F/ |G3/2E/ C3/2E/ G3 w:But_ some-how in this world,_ feth, we ne-ver can a-gree; F/E/ |(D3/2D/) D3/2D/ (d3/2d/) c3/2d/ |e3/2d/ c3/2A/ c2 w: He has big_ tow-'ring man--sions and cas-tles o-ver all ((3:2A=Bc) |d3/2c/ (3:2AAG F3/2D/ A3/2G/ | F3/2D/ D3/2C/ D4 |] w:But__ sure I would-n't ex-change with him my lit-tle mar-ble hall."
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