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T:A Sweet County Life
B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 2, p 184, No 250, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974
S:William Henry Watts at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 11 April 1908
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:A sweet coun-try life is most plea-sant and charm-ing,
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w:All for to walk a-broad on a fine sum-mer's morn-ing,
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w:Bright Phoe-bus did a-shine and the hills was a-dorn-ing
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w:As Mol-ly she sat a-milk-ing on a fair sum-mer's morn-ing.
W:A sweet country life is most pleasant and charming,
W:All for to walk abroad on a fine summer's morning,
W:Bright Phoebus did a-shine and the hills was adorning                                   
W:As Molly she sat a-milking on a fair summer's morning.
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W:No fiddle, no flute, nor hautboy, nor spinnet
W:Is not to be compared to the lark or the linnet.
W:Down as I did lie all among the green rushes
W:'Twas there I did hear the charms of the blackbirds and thrushes.
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