Sally Gray

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T:Sally Gray
B:Broadwood, Lucy, 1893, English County Songs, Leadenhall Press, London
S:"An old man in Cumberland"
Z:J.A. Fuller-Maitland
N:Lucy Broadwood notes are:
N:Words by R Anderson, 1802; the tune taken down by Miss Wakefield 
N:from an old man in Cumberland.
N:"Collup Monday", the Monday before Lent.
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:G
D |D3/2 G/ G G F G |A E3 z E |E A A A3/2 G/ A | B3 z2
w:Come, Dea-vie, I'll tell thee a se-cret, But tou mun lock't up i' thee breast,  
 B |B3/2 A/ B d c B |A E3 z E |E A A A B A | A3 z 
w:I wud-dn't for aw Dal-ton par-ish It com to the ears o' the rest; 
D3/2 D/ |D G3/2 G/ G F G |A E3 z E |E A A A/ G3/2 A | B3 z2 
w: Now I'll hod te a bit of a wea-ger, A groat to thy tup-pens I'll lay,  
B |B A B d c B |A E3 z c |B3/2 A/ G E F F | G6 |]
w:Tou can-not guess whee I's on luive wi', And nob-but keep off Sal-ly Gray

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

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