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Version 1

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X:1
T:Sing We Now Merrily
Z:Webmaster
C:Thomas Ravenscroft
R:Round
H:published 1609 in Pammelia, No. 100. 
N:A round or catch for 10 or 11 voices.
M:C
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
V:1 clef=treble name=1
V:2 clef=treble name=2
V:3 clef=treble name=3
V:4 clef=treble name=4
V:5 clef=treble name=5
V:6 clef=treble name=6
V:7 clef=treble name=7
V:8 clef=treble name=8
V:9 clef=treble name=9
V:10 clef=treble name=10
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K:A
V:1
A2 A A | G3/2 F/2 E G :|
w:Sing we now mer-ri-ly now
V:2
F2 C D | E2 E E :|
w:pur-ses are emp-ty hey
V:3
A,4 | z2 E2 :|
w:ho! Let
V:4
F G A E | G3/2 A/2 B G :|
w:them take care that list to spare for
V:5
A B c c | B4 :|
w:I will not do so
V:6
z2 A A | e3 c :|
w:Who can sing so
V:7
f f/2 f/2 e2 | z e e e :|
w:mer-ry a nota as he that
V:8
d c B A | B2 B2 :|
w:can-not change a groat Hey
V:9
A2 (E2 | E) F G E :|
w:ho! trol - ley lol-ley
V:10
A A, E E | E4 :|
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W:
w:lo. hey trol-ley lo
W:Sing we now merrily, 
W:Our purses be empty, 
W:Hey ho! Let him take care 
W:That lists to spare 
W:For I will not do so: 
W:Who can sing so merry a note 
W:As he that cannot change a groat! 
W:Hey ho! Trollie lollie, trollie lollie lo!

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Song by Thomas Ravenscroft
Country of origin: England

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