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T:The Oxen Ploughing
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Songs of the West by S. Baring-Gould.
S:Adam Landry.
M:4/4
L:1/8
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w:Prit hee lend your jo-cund voi ces, For to list- en we're a-greed; Come
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w:sing of songs the choic est, Of the life the plough-boys lead. There are
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w:none that live so merry As the plough- boy do- es in Spr ing *When he
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w:hears the sweet birds whist-le And the night-in-gales to sing.
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w:With my Hump-a long! Jump-a-long! Here drives my lad a-long!
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w:Pret-ty, Spark- le, Ber- ry Good-luck, Speed- well, Cher- ry!
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w:We are the lads that can fol-low the plou- gh, O
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w:we are the lads that can fol-low the plough.