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T:Coulter's Candy
T:Sugar Candy
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1972, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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L:1/8     %
K:F
F2 |FF A2 c2 c2 |d2 d2 c3 A |FF A2 c2 c2 | B2 A2 G4 |
w:There was a wee las-sie aw-fy thin, A bun-dle o' bones wrapped up in skin,
F2 A2 cc c2 |d2 dd c3 A |G2 A2 c2 A2 | G4 F4 |
w:Now she's get-tin' a wee dou-ble chin, Wi' eat-in' su-gar can-dy.
F2 A2 c2 c2 |dd dd c4 |F2 A2 c2 c2 | B2 A2 G4 |
w:Al-ly, bal-ly, al-ly bal-ly bee, Sit-tin' on your mam-my's knee.
F2 A2 c2 B2 |dd d2 c3 A |F2 A2 c2 A2 | G4 F2 z2 |]
w: Greet-in' for a-no-ther baw-bee To buy some su-gar can-dy.
W:There was a wee lassie awfy thin,
W:A bundle o' bones wrapped up in skin,
W:Now she's gettin' a wee double chin,
W:Wi' eatin' sugar candy.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Ally, bally, ally bally bee,
W:Sittin' on your mammy's knee.
W:Greetin' for another bawbee
W:To buy some sugar candy.
W:
W:Poor wee Annie's greetin' too,
W:What can her poor mammy do,
W:But gi'e them a penny between them two,
W:To buy some sugar candy.
W:
W:"Mammy gi'es my banky doon,
W:Here's auld Coo'ter comin' roon',
W:Wi' his basket on his croon
W:An' sellin' sugar candy."
W:
W:"Dinna you greet, my wee babby,
W:You know your daddy's gone to sea.
W:Earnin' pennies for you and me
W:To buy some sugar candy."