Jolly Waggoner

X:42
T:Jolly Waggoner
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/3069
S:From John Thomber, Burnley Lancs. 20 Nov 1914
Z:Transcribed by David Jacobs, June 2014 
M:2/2
L:1/4
K:G
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w:When first I went a wag-go-ning a-way wag-goning did go I
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w:filled my par-ents hearts full of sor-row and of woe and
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w:ma-ny are the hard-ships that I did und-er go
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w:Sing-ing wo my lads I ho Ride on my lads I ho There's 
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w:none can beat a life *like the jol-ly wag-go-ners do
W:
W:It is a cold & stormy night and I'm wet to the skin
W:I'll bear it with contentment till I get to the Inn
W:And there I'll sit a drinking with the Landlord and his friends.
W:
W:Now Springtime is coming What pleasentness we shall see
W:The small birds are singing on evey green tree
W:The black bird and the thrushes are singing merrily
W:
W:Now Michealmas is coming what pleasure shall we find
W:We'll make the gold to fly my boys like chaff before the wind
W:Then every lad shall take his lass and sit her on his knee

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