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T:The Owl
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Songs of the West by S. Baring-Gould Book
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L:1/8
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w:Of all the birds that ev-er I see, The
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w:Owl is the fair-est in her* de-gree. For
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w:all the day long she sits in a tree, And
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w: when the night com-eth, a-way* flies she.
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w:To-whit! To-Who! says she, To-Who!
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w:Cin-a-mon, gin-ger, nut-megs and cloves, And
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w:bran-dy gave me*  my jol-ly red nose.
W:Of all the birds that ever I see,
W:The owl is the fairest in her degree.
W:For all the day long she sits in a tree,
W:And when the night cometh, away flies she.
W:Chorus
W:To-whit! To-who! says she, To who!
W:Cinnamon, ginger, nutmegs and cloves,
W:And brandy gave me my jolly red nose.
W:
W:The lark in the morn ascendeth on high
W:And leaves the poor owl to sob and to sigh;
W:And all the day long, the owl is asleep,
W:While little birds blithely are singing, cheep! cheep!
W:
W:There's many a brave bird boasteth awhile,
W:And proves himself great, let Providence smile,
W:Be hills and be vallies all covered with snow,
W:The poor owl will shiver and mock with Ho! Ho!