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T:Green Broom
Z:Cecil Sharp
B:A Selection of Collected Folk-Songs,  Novello
S:John Farkell (75) at Bridgwater, Somerset, on the 10th April 1907
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:There was an old man and he lived in the West, 
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w:And his trade was a-cut-ting of broom, green broom;
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w: He had but one son and his name it was John,
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w:And he li-ed a-bed till 'twas noon, bright_ noon, 
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w:And he li-ed a-bed till 'twas noon