There was a farmer fair & bold

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T:There was a farmer fair & bold
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/PG/14/5/0
S:Sung by Tom Roberts, Chelsea, 4 Feb 1908
N:Sung in C#
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:C
[P:mf]G|A(G/E/)CG|A(G/E/)CF|EGcd|!
w:1.There was e* farmer* fair an'* bold, e had de horse to
c/(c/B)G(A/B/)|c{c}.dcA|GEC/z/ D// (E/F/)|Gc (c/A/) G/E/|!
w:ri-e-d on and*'e came near the farmer's* gate a fair* lily* maid* she es-
(D2C)<Cz/|A2(F/G/)(A/B/)|(c2{G/})G/z/ (A/B/)|c{c/}.dcA|!
w:pied un.* Spied un* es-*pied un as* e come near the
GEC/z/ (EF)|Gc(c/A/) G/E/|(D2{C/})C>z|A2 (F/G/)(A/B/)!
w:farmer's gate (a) fair* lily maid* she* espied* un. Spied un* es-
(c2{G/}).G/z/ (A/B/)|c{c/}.dcA|GEC/z// D// E|Gc (c/A/) G/E/|(D2{C/})C>z"end of first record"|
w:pied un, as* 'e come near the farmer's* gate a fair lily* maid* she espied* un
T:Verse 2 variation
"Bar 4"[M:5/4](cB)Gz(AB)|
w:ride?**as
T:Verse 2 variation
E/F/|Gc(c/A/) G/E/|(D(3D/E/D/)C>z|
w:Saying:* "now, young man, I am* ready
T:Verse 3 variation
G|A(G/E/)CG|AG/E/(C{E/})E|E!slide!Gcd|(cB)GA/B/|
w:And thro' the* world she sadly* did go a-cryin'* for her mammy*, with her

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