X:1
T:The Jolly Waggoner
B:Everyman's Book of English Country Songs, Ed Roy Plamer, ISBN 0-460-12048-1
S:Mr Rose, landlord of Bridge Inn, Acle Norfolk, 14.4.1908
Z:Ralph Vaughan Williams, MS I 34(2)
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
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w:When_ first I was a wagg-'ner And a wagg-'ner I did go, I
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w:filled my par-ents' hearts_ full of sor-row, grief and woe; I
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w:filled my par-ents' hearts_ full of sor-row, grief and woe_ So sing
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w:whoa, my lads, sing whoa_ Drive_ on, my lads, heigh-o; There is
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w:none can lead a life_ Like we jol-ly wagg'-ners do._ So sing
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w:  whoa, my lads, sing whoa, Drive on, my lads, heigh-o; There is
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w:none can lead a life_ like we jol-ly wagg-'ners do
W:When first I was a wagg'ner
W:And a wagg'ner I did go,
W:I filled my parents' hearts
W:Full of sorrow, grief and woe;
W:I filled my parents' hearts
W:Full of sorrow, grief and woe.
W:
W:Chorus:
W:So sing, whoa, my lads, sing whoa
W:Drive on, my lads, heigh-o;
W:There is none can lead a life
W:Like we jolly wagg'ners do
W:So sing, whoa, my lads, sing whoa
W:Drive on, my lads, heigh-o;
W:There is none can lead a life
W:Like we jolly wagg'ners do
W:
W:
W:It's a cold and stormy night,
W:I was wet unto the skin;
W:I'll bear it with contentment
W:Till we get to the inn
W:And then we'll get a drink
W:With our landlord and our friends.
W:
W:Now summer time is coming, boys,
W:What pleasure we should see
W:The small birds are a-whistling
W:On every green tree.
W:The backbirds and the thrushes O
W:Are whistling in the grove.
W:
W:Now Michaelmas is coming, boys,
W:What pleasure we shall find,
W:We'll make the gold and silver fly
W:Like chaff before the wind
W:Then every lad shall take his lass
W:And set her on his knee.