Click Go The Shears (chrom)

by 20th C. Australian folk song

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CLICK GO THE SHEARS chrom
20th C. Australian folk song
Key: A
Time: 6/8

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Out on the board the old shear-er stands 
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Grasp-ing his shears in his thin bon-y hands 
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Fixed is his gaze on the bare bel-lied yoe 
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Glo-ry if he gets her, 
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won't he make the ring-er go 

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Click go the shears boys click click click 
 -6* -6* 7*  -7   7* -6*   6    -7   -4
Wide is his blow and his hands move quick 
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The ring-er looks a-round 
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and is beat-en by a blow 
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And curs-es the old snag-ger 
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with the bare bel-lied yoe