X: 1
T: Soul Cake (Souling Song)   [Em]
C: old English folk song
R: waltz, jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Em
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"^Refrain"[|]\
	G | G2G F2F | G3 E3 | G2G FGA | G3 E2 ||
w:1.~A soul, a soul, a soul cake, Please, good mis-sus, a soul cake!
	G | GGG F2F | GGG FF2 | GGG F2F | GGG FF2 |
w: An ap-ple, a pear, a plum or a cher-ry, A-ny good thing to make us all mer-ry.
	G2G F2F | G2G E3 | G2G F2F | G2G "^Fine"E2 |] "^1)"z6
w: One for Pe-ter, two for Paul, Three for Him who made us all.
"^Verse"[|\
	G | G2G F2F | G2-G E2E | G2G F2F | E3 z2 ||
w:1.~God bless the mas-ter of this house, the mis-te-ress al-so,
w:2.~Go down in-to the cel--lar  And see what you can find
w:3.~The streets are ve-ry dir--ty   my shoes are ve-ry thin
	E | G2G F2F | G3 E2E | G2G F2F |E3 z2 ||
w: And all the lit-tle child-ren that round your ta-ble grow.
w: If~the bar-rels are not emp-ty   we'll hope that you'll be kind
w: I have a lit-tle poc-ket   to put a pen-ny in
	E | G2G F2F | G3 E2E | G2G F2F | E3 z2 ||
w: Like-wise young men and mai-dens, your cat-tle and your store,
w: We'll hope that you'll be kind   with your ap-ple and your pear
w: If~you hav-en't got a pen-ny   a ha'-pen-ny will do
	E | G2G F2F | G2-G E2E | G2-G F2-F | E3 "^D.C. al Fine"z2 |]
w: And all that dwells with-in your gates, we wish you ten times more.
w: And~we'll come no more a-soul--ing   'til Christ-mas time next year.
w: If~you hav-en't got a ha'-pen-ny   it's God_ bless_ you!
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