X:1
T:Shantyman's Life, A
A:George Edwards
B:Folk Songs of the Catskills
C:Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht & Norman Studer
F:Shantyman's Life, A
L:1/8
M:4/4
N:Edited and Annotated, With a Study of Tune Formation and Relationships,
N:Folk Songs of the Catskills
N:by Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht and Norman Studer
O:Catskills Mountain Region
Q:1/4=140
S:Catskill Mountains Region
Z:Jackie Fritts
K:Bb Major
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w:A shant-ty lad, he leads a dread-ful, drear-y life, Though -some call if free from
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w:care, when he swings on his axe from morn-ing unt-til night in the
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w:mid-dle of the for-est so drear.