The Merchant's Daughter

X:1     %Music
T:The Merchant's Daughter
T:The Constant Farmer's Son
B:Broadwood, L, 1908, English Traditional Songs and Carols, London, Boosey
N:Reprinted by EP Publishing Limited, Rowman & Littlefield, Totowa, New Jersey, 1974
S: Mr Baker, 1896
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
c2 |A F c A2 F |(A3/2G/) F2 z     
w:It's of a mer--chant's daugh--ter   
C  |F F A2 F2 |d4 z
w:In Lon-don town did dwell 
d |c2 A2 ((3:2AG) F | (A3/2G/) F2 z
w:So mod-est, fair_ and hand--some; 
C |FA c2 (G3/2A/) | G4 z 
w:her par-ents loved her_ well;
c |f3/2e/ c3 c |f3/2e/ c2           
w:She was ad-mired by lord and squire, 
(G3/2A/) | B3/2B/ c2 A2 | Hd4 
w:but all their thoughts were vain
    d2 |cA (AG) z F | A3/2G/ F2 z
w:For on-ly one_ A farm-er's son.
C |FA c2 (GA) | HF4  |]
w:young Mar-y's heart did_ gain.
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