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T: Little Bridget Flynn
C: melody: trad. Irish
C: words: Percy French (1913)
S: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/3311-sm
D: The Irish Rovers; Album: The Unicorn (Jan 01, 1971).
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Am
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w:1.~I've a nice slat-ed house and a cow or two at grass. I've a plant gar-den run-nin' by the door.
w:2.~Me_ father oft-en tells~me I should go and have a try To_ find~a girl that owns a bit of land.
w:3.~Now_ there's~a lit-tle girl* who's worth her weight in gold. And_ that's~a de-cent dow-ry, don't you see?
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w: I've a shel-ter for the hens* and a sta-ble for the ass, And* what* can a man want more?
w: And I know, the way he says it, that there's some-one on his mind. And me mo-ther has the whole thing planned.
w: And I mean to go and ask her just as soon as I get bold, If she'll come and have an eye for me.
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w: I dun-no, may-be so And a bach-e-lor is ai-sy and he's free.
w: I dun-no, may-be so, But t'would mol-li-fy them great-ly to a-gree.
w: Will she go? I dun-no. But I'd love to have her sit-tin' on me knee.
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w: But I've lots* to look af-ter and I'm liv-ing all a-lone, And there's no one look-ing af-ter me.
w: Now, there's lit-tle Brid-get Flynn,_ sure it's her I'd love to win, But she nev-er has an eye for me.
w: And I'll sing* like a thrush* in a haw-*thorn* bush If she'll come and have an eye for me.