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T:O Sally My Dear
B:Folk Songs of Somerset (3rd Series), 1906
Z:Cecil Sharp
S:Jack Barnard, Bridgewater
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L:1/8     %
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w:O_ Sal-ly, my dear, but I wish I could  woo you
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w:O_ Sal-ly, my dear, but I wish I could woo you.
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w: She laugh'd and re-plied: And would woo-ing un-do you?
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w:Sing fal the did-dle i do, Sing whack fol the did-dle day
W:O Sally, my dear, but I wish I could woo you,
W:O Sally, my dear, but I wish I could woo you,
W:She laughed and replied: And would wooing undo you?
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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W:O Sally, my dear, but your cheek I could kiss it,
W:O Sally, my dear, but your cheek I could kiss it,
W:She laughed and replied: If you did, would you miss it?
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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W:O Sally, my dear, I would love you and wed you,
W:O Sally, my dear, I would love you and wed you,
W:She laughed and replied: Then don't say I misled you.
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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W:If lasses were blackbirds and lasses were thrushes,
W:If lasses were blackbirds and lasses were thrushes,
W:How soon the young men would be beating the bushes!
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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W:If the women were hares and raced round the mountain,
W:If the women were hares and raced round the mountain,
W:How soon the young men would be busy a-hunting.
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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W:If the women were ducks and swum round in the water,
W:If the women were ducks and swum round in the water
W:The young men would turn drakes and be soon swimming after.
W:Sing fal-the-diddle-i-do, Sing whack fol-the-diddle-day.
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