Songs and Lyrics

Version 1

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w:As I was a-walk-ing for my re-cre-a-tion A
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w:down by the gar-dens I si-lent-ly stray'd I
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w:heard a fair maid ma-king great la-men-tat-ion Cry-ing
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w:Jim-my will be slain in the wars I'm a-fraid
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W:As I was a-walking for my recreation,
W:A-down by the gardens I silently stray'd
W:I heard a fair maid making great lamentation
W:Crying Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid.
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W:2
W:The blackbirds and thrushes sang in the green bushes
W:The wood-doves and larkes seem'd to mourn for this maid
W:And the song that she sang was concerning her lover
W:O Jimmy will be slain in the wars I'm afraid.
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W:Her cheeks blushed like roses, her arms full of posies,
W:She stray'd in the meadows and weeping, she said
W:My heart it is aching, my poor heart is breaking
W:For Jimmy will be slain in the wars, I'm afraid.
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W:When Jimmy return'd with his heart full of burning
W:He found his dear Nancy all dead in her grave.
W:He cried, I'm forsaken, my poor heart is breaking
W:O would that I never had left this fair maid.

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Roud-12657

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One Hundred English Folk Songs

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