Bessy Bell

X:1394
T:Bessy Bell
S:Digital Tradition, bessbell
N:Bronson A.
D:Recorded by Martin Carthy on Shearwater; Steeleye Span on Tempted and Tried
Z:dt:bessbell
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:O Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,
W:They war twa bonnie lasses;
W:They bigget a bower on yon burn brae,
W:And theekit it o'er wi' rashes.
W:They theekit it o'er w rashes green,
W:They theekit it o'er w heather;
W:But the pest cam frae the burrows-town,
W:And slew them baith thegither.
W:
W:They thought to lye in Methven kirk yard,
W:Amang their noble kin;
W:But they maun lye in Stronach haugh,
W:To biek forenent the sin.
W:And Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,
W:Tney war twa bonnie lasses;
W:Tney bigget a bower on yon burn brae,
W:And theekit it o'er wi' rashes.
K:F
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/LesterBailey/melnets_big_abc_file/01128
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/konzertina.org/Bessy_Bell/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/01128
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/mucl.de/~mdoering/dt-songs/0023
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/terra.es/personal8/niltoni/b/0438

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