The Barley raking.

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T:The Barley raking.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Songs of the West by S. Baring-Gould. 
S:From Roger Hannaford, Lower Widdecombe, Dartmoor.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
c| c2 G (GA) _B|(AG) F E2 G|A2 G G2 A|c3 c2 c|
w:'Twas in the prime *of sum-*mer time, When hay it was a-mak-ing; And
c2 G (GA) _B|(AG) F E2 G|A2 A G2 A|c3 c2 c|
w:har-vest tide *was com-*ing on, And bar-ley want-ed ra-king; Two
c2 c d2 e|f2 e d2 =B|c2 d e2 c|d2 B G2 G|
w:woe-ful lov-ers met one day, With sighs their sad fare-well to say, For
c2 c d2 e|f2 d d2 c|(c=B) A G2 F|E3 C3 z|
w:John to place must go a-way, and Bet-*ty's heart was break-ing.
E2 F G2 G|(AG) A F2 z|F2 d d2 c|(=BA) B c2 z||
w:Lov-ers oft have proved *un-true; 'las! what can poor mai-de-ns do? 

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