Mowing The Barley (chrom)

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MOWING THE BARLEY chrom
English folk song
Key: A
Time: 6/8

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A law-yer he went out one day
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A-for to take his pleas-ure
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And who should he spy
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But some fair pret-ty maid
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So hand-some and so clev-er
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Where are you go-ing to 
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My pret-ty maid
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Where are you go-ing my hon-ey
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Go-ing o-ver the hills
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Kind sir she said
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To my fa-ther a-mow-ing the bar-ley