Hard Is The Fortune Of All Womankind (chrom)

by American-English folk song

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HARD IS THE FORTUNE OF ALL WOMANKIND chrom
(The Wagoner's Lad)
American version of 18th C. English folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4

-4-3  3  2  -1   3   -3
Oh, hard is the for-tune
-4  3  -1  2   -1
Of all wom-an-kind
   3    -3  3   -3   -4 -5
They're al-ways con-trolled
   6    -5  -4   3   -3
They're al-ways con-fined
-3    -3    3   -3   -4   -5
Con-trolled by their par-ents
6  -5   -4   3   -3
Un-til they are wives
-4-3   3    3   -1    2    3
Then slaves to their hus-bands
-3   3   -1   2    -1
The rest of their lives