Poor Old Horse

X:1     %Music
T:Poor Old Horse
B: Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1959
S:C Shire, Blacksmith, Langport, Somerset, 19 Aug 1904
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
G2 G (EF) G |A3 G2 B |d2 d (cB) A |d2-d3
w:Once I was_ a young horse all in my youth-*ful _prime, 
D |G2 G D D D |A3 c B A |F2 D D2 D |D2-D3 
w:My mane hung o-ver my should-ers and my coat he did so shine,_ 
B |B2 d B2 B |d2-d3D |G2 G (GA) B |c2-c3
w:But now I'm get-ting _old my fea-tures do_ de-*cay
c |d2 d (cB) A |G2 G D E F |G2 E C2 C |D3
w: My mast-er he_ looks down on my and his words I heard him say: 
 (DE) F |G3 (EF) G |A3 (AB) c |d3 (cB) A |G2-G3 |]
w:Poor_ old horse, poor_ old horse, Poor_ old horse, let_ him _die. 

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