Christmas Carrolling Song

X: 195
T: Christmas Carrolling Song
O: Traditional English.
Q: "In marching rhythm"
%R: jig, march
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays.
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: F
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F | F2 G A2 G | (F2 G) A2 G | F2 c c2 c | c3- c2 c |
w: 1.- Here we come a car-rol-ling A-mong the leaves so green,* -
w: 2.~We are not dai-ly beg-*gars, That beg from door to door,* But
w: 3.~Good Mas-ter and good Mis-*tress, As you sit by the fire,* Pray
w: 4.~God bless the Mas-ter of this house, Like-wise the Mis-tress too;* And
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d2 d c2 A | c2- c B2 A | (G2 F) G2 A | B3 |]
w: Here we come a car-rol-ling So fair* to be seen.
w: we are neigh-bors' chil-*dren, Whom you have seen be-fore.
w: think of us poor chil-*dren, Who wan-der in the mire.
w: all the lit-tle chil-*dren, That round the ta-ble go.
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M: 2/2
L: 1/4
"In the same rhythm."\
AB & FG | c2 fd & A2 AB | c2 AB & A2 FG | cc fd & AA AB | c2 AB & A2 FG | c2 dA & (AG) ^FF |
w: Love and joy come to you, And to you glad Christ-mas, too, And God bless you and
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(BG) FE & G-G FE | (F>G) AF & (F>G) AF | B2 AB & (DE) FG | c2 dA & (AG) ^FF | BG (FE) & GG (FE) | F2 & F2 |]
w: send* you a Hap-*py New Year, And God send you a Hap-py New* Year.
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/EverydaySongBook2/0398

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