X:1
T:The Hexhamshire Lass
B: Songs and Ballads of Northern England, Walter Scott Ltd
Z:John Stokoe
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Q:1/2=92     %Tempo
M:3/2     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:D
d2 c d B2 G F (E2D2) |d2 c d B2 A d e2 E2 |
w:Hey for the buff and the blue_ Hey for the cap and the feath-er
d2 c d B B (AF) E2 (FA) |B2 (Ac) d2 (AF) (E2D2) |
w:Hey for the bon-ny lass_ true That_ lives in_ Hex-ham-*shire_
G2 B G F2 (AF) (E2D) D |G2 B G F2 A B (=c2E2) |
w:Through by the Sai-by_ Syke_ An o-ver the moss and the mire_
G2 B G F2 (AF) E2 (FA) |B2 (Ac) d2 (AF) (E2D) z |]
w:I'll go to see my_ lass, Who_ lives in_ Hex-ham-*shire *
W:Hey for the buff and the blue
W:Hey for the cap and the feather
W:Hey for the bonny lass true
W:That lives in Hexhamshire
W:
W:Through by the Saiby Syke
W:An over the moss and the mire
W:I'll go to see my lass,
W:Who lives in Hexhamshire
W:
W:Her faither lov'd her well
W:Her mother lov'd her better;
W:I love the lass mysel',
W:But alas! I cannot get her.
W:
W:Oh, this love, this love;
W:Of this love I'm weary!
W:Sleep, I can get none
W:For thinking on my deary!
W:
W:My heart is like to break,
W:My bosom is on fire,
W:So well I love the lass
W:That lives in Hexhamshire.
W:
W:Her petticoat is silk
W:And plaited round with siller,
W:Her shoes are tied with tape
W:She'll wait till I go till her.
W:
W:Were I where I would be
W:I would be beside her
W:But here a while I must be
W:Whatever may betide her.
W:
W:Hey for the thick and the thin
W:Hey for the mud and the mire
W:And hey for the bonny lass
W:That lives in Hexhamshire.
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