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T:Riding Down to Portsmouth
B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 2, p 117, No 227, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974
S:Jack Barnard (45) at Bridgwater, Somerset, 16 April 1906
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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A3/2B/ |[M:4/4](GF) ED (FG) (3:2(AB)c | [M:3/4] d4
w:As a sai--lor was ri--ding_ a-long
(dc) |B3 G (ED) | C2 D2
w:In_ height of his_ glo-ry,
A3/2B/ |[M:4/4] (GF) ED ((3:2EFG) ((3:2AB)c |[M:3/4]d4
w:As a sai--lor was ri---ding_ a-long
(c3/2d/) | e4 (c3/2d/) |[M:4/4]B2 A4
w:Tell--ing a_ sto-ry,
(cd) |[M:3/4] (e3/2d/) dc BA | F4 ((3:2AB)c |d4         
w:He_ met_ with a pret-ty maid by_ the way
d3/2c/ |BA GF GA |[M:4/4]((3:2BA)F E4
w:And those ve-ry ve-ry words to her_ did say:
A3/2B/ |(GF) ED FG (3:2(AB)c |[M:3/4]d4 
w:  Pret-ty maid_ will you go a-long_ with me? 
d3/2c/ | (B2-(3:2(BG)E) ED |C2 D2 |]
w:For I'm go---ing down to Ports-mouth.