X:1
T:Gathering Peascods
B:Sabine Baring Gould, 1895, Old English Songs from English Minstrelsie, 1895
F: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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K:G
d4 d2 d2 |(B3c) d2 d2 |e2 d2 c2 B2 |A6
w:Gath-'ring of peas-*cods, A-mids the rows so green,
B2 |A2 G2 G2 F2 |G6 z2 |
w:With bon-ny Bet, my queen;
d4 d2 c2 |B3 c d2 d2 |e2 d2 c2 B2 |A6
w:Toss-ing the peas_ cods I' faith we had rare fun,
B2 |A2 G2 G2 F2 |G6
w:The work seem'd nev-er done;
G2 |F2 D2 F2 G2 |A4 B2 A2 |GA B2 A3 G |F4 z2
w:'Twas sweet-est sum-mer wea-ther, I pluck'd_ the peas-cods fast,
F2 |E2 D2 E2 E2 |D4 z4 |
w:Then in her a-pron cast,
d4 d2 d2 |(B3 c) d2 d2 |e2 d2 c2 B2 |(A2HA4)
w:So being to-ge-*ther, Each turn I did not miss*
B2 |A2 G2 G2 F2 |G8 |]
w:To pluck as well a kiss.
W:Gathering peascods,
W:Amidst the rows so green,
W:With bonny Bet, my queen;
W:Tossing the peascods
W:I' faith we had rare fun,
W:The work seem'd never done;
W:'Twas sweetest summer weather,
W:I plucked the peascods fast,
W:Then in her apron cast,
W:So being together,
W:Each turn I did not miss
W:To pluck as well a kiss.
W:
W:Shelling of peascods
W:Beside the pretty wench,
W:A-seated on one bench;
W:Shelling of peascods
W:Into a maple bowl,
W:And she a merry soul;
W:So shelling without missing
W:A single pea, I said,
W:My labours must be paid
W:Only by kissing.
W:Fly winter! I were fain
W:'Twere peascods time again!