Rosebud In June / Songs and Lyrics

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w:It's a rose-bud in June And the vio-lets in full bloom. And the
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w:small - birds are sing-ing Love songs on each - 
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w:spray We'll - pipe and we'll sing - love We'll - dance in a
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w:ring - love When each lad takes his lass All - on the green 
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w:grass And it's oh - to - plough Where the - fat -
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w:ox-en graze low And the - lads and the las - ses Do
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w:sheep shear-ing go
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W:It's a rosebud in June
W:And the violets in full bloom
W:And the small birds are singing
W:Love songs on each spray
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W:(chorus)
W:We'll pipe and we'll sing love
W:We'll dance in a ring love
W:When each lad takes his lass
W:All on the green grass
W:And it's oh to plough
W:Where the fat oxen graze low
W:And the lads and the lasses
W:Do sheep shearing go
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W:When we have all sheared
W:Our jolly, jolly sheep
W:What joy can be greater
W:Than to talk of their increase
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W:Their flesh it is good
W:It's the best of all food
W:And their wool it will cloth us
W:And keep our backs from the cold
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W:Here's the ewes and the lambs
W:Here's the hogs and the rams
W:And the fat wethers too
W:They will make a fine show

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