The Husbandman

X:1     %Music
T:The Husbandman
Z:John Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Jones Lewis, 1995,Sweet Sussex, Ferret Publ, Sutton Coldfield
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Ab
V:1
AB |c2 B2 A2 G2 |A4 z2 A2 |B2 B2 B2 B2 |
w:Well_ met, my broth-er friend, All on the high-way 
c2 B2 A2 G2 |A4 G4 |(F2 G2 A2) B2 |c4 z2 c2 |
w:rid_ ing So simp-ly all__ a-lone; I 
e2 c2 B2 c2 |A4 z2 A2 |B2 B2 B2 B2 |c4 z2 F2 |
w:pray you tell to me What call-ing you may be; Or 
F2 d2 c2 B2 |A4 G4 |F8-|F2 z2 z2 f2 |
w:are_ you some serv-ing man?_ Why 
f2 c2 c2 B2 |A4 z2 F2 |F2 G2 A2 B2 |c6 c2 |
w:why? my broth-er dear, What makes you to en-quire Of 
f2 e2 d2 c2 |B2 A2 G2 F2 |c6 z2 |z4 z2 c2 |
w:an-*y such thing_ at my hand? In-
c2 f2 f2 f2 |f4 z2 d2 |d2 c2 c2 c2 |c4 z2 A2 |
w:deed I will not feign, But I will tell you plain: I 
B2 A2 G2 F2 |A4 c4 |F8-|F2 z2 z2 AB |
w:am a down-right Hus-band-man._ In_ 
c2 c2 c2 c2 |c4 z2 e2 |e2 B2 B2 B2 |B4 z2 c2 |
w:deed I will not feign, But I will tell you plain: I 
d3 e f2 d2 |c4 e4 |A8-|A2 z6 |]
w:am a down-right Serv-ing-man *
V:2   
M:4/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Ab
z2 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z8 |
z8 |z8 |z8 |z4 z2 A,E, |
w:In_ 
A,2 A,2 A,2 A,2 |A,4 z2 E,2 |E,2 E,2 E,2 E,2 |E,4 z2 A,,2 |
w:deed I will not feign, But I will tell you plain I 
B,,3 C, D,2 D,2 |E,4 E,4 |A,,8-|A,,2 z6 |]
w:am a down-right Hus-band-man *

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/folkinfo.org/Husbandman/0000

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