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T:Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1951
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
S:Tom Young, Nova Scotia, July 23, 1937
Z:Doreen H Senior and Helen Creighton
Q:1/4=120     %Tempo
M:2/2     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:EDor
F E |D2 E2 F F A2 |d2 f2 e2 (BA) |B2 F2 E2 E2 | E6
w:As a duke's fair daugh-ter of Scot-a-land was_ ri-ding out one day
(de) |f2 (gf) (ef/e/) (BA) |B2 F2 D2 (FA) |B2 d2 (BA) F2 | A6
w:Two_ gen-tle-*men__ from_ I-re-land by *chance did come_ that way.
(de) |f2 (gf) (ef/e/) (BA) |(B2 F2) D2 F A |B2 d2 (BA) F2 | A6
w:Says_ one un-*to__ the_ o-*ther "If it was-n't for_ the law
(FA) |B2 (BA) F2 A2 |d2 f2 (ef/e/) (BA) |B2 F2 E2 E2 | E6 z2 |]
w:I'd_ take this_ fair one in my arms__ ei-*ther by stock or wall
W:As a duke's fair daughter of Scotaland was riding out one day,
W:Two gentlemen from Ireland by chance did come that way.
W:Says one unto the other, "If it wasn't for the law
W:I'd take this fair maid in my arms either by stock or wall."
W:
W:"Hands off, hands off, young man," says she, "hands off to hide all shame
W:* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
W:But the supper bell will shortly ring and I'll be found awa'
W:And before I'll be found in your arms either by stock or wall."
W:
W:You must get for me some winter fruit that in the summer grew,
W:You must get for me a silk made cloak that shuttle never went through,
W:You must get for me that bonny bird that flies without a gall
W:And you and I will 'bove the quilt and you must pay for all."
W:
W:"My father he has winter fruit that in the summer grew,
W:My mother has a silk made cloak that shuttle never went through,
W:The dove she is a bonny bird that flies without a gall,
W:And you and I will 'bove the quilt and you must pay for all."
W:
W:"O what is rounder than the ring, what's higher than the sky,
W:And what is worse than a woman, what is deeper than the sea,
W:What bird sings best, what tree buds first, and where does the dew first fall?
W:And you and I will 'bove the quilt and you must pay for all."
W:
W:"The globe is rounder than the ring, heaven's higher than the sky,
W:The devil is worse than a woman, hell's deeper than the sea,
W:The thrush sings best, the oak buds first on the earth when the dew first falls,
W:And you and I will 'bove the quilt and you must pay for all."
W:
W:"You must get for me a wedding supper, a chicken without bones,
W:You must get for me a wedding supper, cherries without stones,
W:A sparrow's horn and a priest unborn to marry us right awa',
W:Before I will lie in your arms either by stock or wall."
W:
W:"O chickens when they're in the shell I'm sure they have no bones,
W:And cherries when they're in the blossom I'm sure they have no stones,
W:A sparrow's horns are easily found for there's one on every claw,
W:Now you and I must 'bove the quilt and you must pay for all."
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