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T:The Thresher and the Squire
B:Broadwood, Lucy, 1893, English County Songs, Leadenhall Press, London
S:Bells' "Songs of the Peasantry"
Z:Lucy Broadwood
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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B,2 |E2 E2 (E2{FE}D2) |G2 G2 A2 (GA) |B3 A G2 B,2 | D6 
w:'Tis of a bold_ thresh-er man lived_ down the coun-try side,
B,2 |E2 E2 (EF/E/) D2 |G2 G2 (A2GA) |B3 B AG E2 | {F}E4 z2 
w:Who for his wife__ and fa-mi-ly__ dai-ly did_ pro-vide.
B2 |d2 B2 (cB) (AG) |A2 d2 B3 A |G2 E2 (ED) C2 | D4 z2
w: He'd six-teen in_ his_ fa-mi-ly and most of them_ were small;
 (GF) |E2 E2 E2 D2 |G2 G2 A2 (GA) |B2 (Ac/B/) (AG) E2 | HE6 |]
w:And_ by his dai-ly la-bour he pro_ vid-ed__ for_ them all