The Bird Song

X:3166
T:The Bird Song
T:Hi says the Blackbird
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/CJS2/10/3166
S:Sung by Lily Roberts at Amherst, 19 May 1916. Learned by her from an old man in Vermont. 
N:Bars 2 and 7 do not have the correct number of beats. They have been transcribed exactly as in the original.
Z:Transcribed by Steve Wise, May 2016
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:Gm
B G/2 G/2 G G | D/2 D/2 D/2 =E F2 | B B G F/2 F/2 | 
w:Hi says the black-bird sit-ting on a chain; Once I cour-ted a 
B B d2 | d f d/2 d/2 c | c d F2 | 
w: La-dy fair; She proved fic-kle and turned her back
G/2 G/2 G/2 d>c | B G G2 || B G G G | D3/2 F F2 | 
w: Ev-er since then I've dressed in black Tow-dy ow-dy dil do dum
B B G>F | B c d2 | d f d>c | c d F2 | 
w:Tal lal li di dil  do day   Tow-dy ow-dy dil do rum
G G d> c | B G G2|]
w: Tal lal li di dil do day

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