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T:Queen of the May
B:Purslow, F, 1968,The Wanton Seed, EFDS Publications, London
S:Sam Dawe, Beaminster, Dorset. June 1906
Z:Hammond D 509
Q:1/2=40
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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C3E |G4 A2G2 |E4 D2C2 |(A2G2)A2B2 | c4
w:Now the win-ter is o-ver and sum-*mer is come,
C3D |(Ec3) B2GE |D4 D2D2 |C4 z2
w:And the mea-*dows they look pleas-ant and gay; 
 C2 |G4 A2G2 |E4 D2C2 |(A2G2)A2B2 |c4
w:I spied a fair maid and so sweet-*ly sung she, 
 C3D |(E2c2) B2(GE) |D4 D2D2 |C4 z2
w:And her cheeks_ wore the_ blos-som of May.
 G2 |c4 c2B2 |A4 B2c2 |(d2c2)B2A2 |G4 
w: I said, "My fair maid, Oh! its how_ come you here,
G2G2 |(A2G2) (AB)c2 |(A2G2)F2E2 |(E8|D4)
w: In these mead-*ows_ so soon _in the morn?"_ 
 C3D |G4 A2G2 |E4 D2C2 |(A2G2)A2B2 |c4
w:Oh! the maid she re-plied, "For to gath- er_some may,
 C3C |c4 B2(AG) |(E3C) D2D2 |C4 |]
w: For the trees are all_ now_ in full bloom.