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T: Young Ladies in Town
%O: Boston, MA, USA 1769
C: by John Renfro Davis
%R: jig, air
Z: 2024 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
P: Play A B1 C B2 E	% The source has B written out twice, as B and D.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
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A | "Dm"d2d "A"^c2e | "Dm"df2 "C"g2e | "Dm"fd2 "A"ge2 | "Dm"f2a bag |\
"Dm"fd2 "A"ge2 | "Dm"f>ga/b/ "C"c'>ba/g/ | "Dm"fd2 "A"g>fe | "Dm"d4 z ||
e | "F"f/g/af c'af | "C"e/f/ge c'ge | "Dm"d/e/fd aff | "A"ge2 a>gf/e/ |\
"Dm"dfd "A"ege | "Dm"fa>=b "C"c'2z | "Dm"fdz "A"d^cz | "Dm"d4 z |]
"^C"[|\
d | "Dm"f2d "A"^cc2 | "Dm"d4 z |]
V: 2
F | F2F E2E | FA2 c2c | AFA A^c2 | d3 A2
A | AFA A^c2 | d2A G2c | AFA A^c2 | F2G A2 ||
z | A3 A/B/cA | G3 c/d/ec | A2A/B/ cdd | ^c/d/ec A3 |
FAF ^c2A | d2d =c2z | A2z A2z | A4 z |]
[| A | A2F EAG | F4 z |]
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"^B"[| A, | "Dm"DDD "A"^C2A, | "Dm"FFF "C"E2G | "Dm"F>ED "A"ED^C | "Dm"DD2 z2
w:1.~Young la-dies in town and those that live round, Wear none but your own coun-try li-nen.
w:2.~And~as one all ag-ree, that~you'll not mar-ried be, To such as will wear Lon-don fac-tory;
w:3.~Throw~a-way your bo-hea, and~your green hy-son tea, and~all things of a new fash-ioned du-ty;
A, | "Dm"DDD "A"^C2A, | "Dm"FFF "C"E2F/G/ | "Dm"F>ED "A"ED^C | "Dm"DD2 z2
w: Of~e-co-no-my boast, let~your pride be the most, To show clothes of your own make and spin-ning.
w: But~at first sight re-fuse, tell 'em you will choose, As en-cour-age our own ma-nu-fac-tory.
w: Get in a good store of~the choice Lab-ra-dor, there will soon be e-nough here to suit ye.
(F/G/) | "F"AAA A2{G}F | "C"GGG G2(D/E/) | "Dm"FED "A"ED^C | "Dm"DD2 z2
w: What if home-spun they say, be not quite so gay As bro-cades* be not in a pas-sion.
w: No more rib-bons wear, nor~in rich silks ap-pear, Love your coun-try much bet-ter than fine things,
w: These* do with-out fear and~to all you'll ap-ear fair,* char-ming, true, love-ly and clev-er.
A, | "Dm"D>DD "A"^C2A, | "Dm"FFF "C"E2(F/G/) | "Dm"F>ED "A"E>D^C | "Dm"DD2 z2 |]
w: For once it is known 'tis much worn in town, One and all will cry out "'Tis the fa-shion."
w: Be-gin with-out passion, 'twill soon be the fashion,  To* grace your smooth locks with a twine string.
w: Though~the times re-main darkish, young men will be sparkish, And* love you much strong-er than ev-er.
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%%text Note: "bohea" and "tea" pronounced like "bohay" and "tay".
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% % An appeal to American women to support the boycott of British textiles,
% % first published in 1769 in The Boston Newsletter.
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"F"f/g/af c'af | "C"e/f/ge c'ge | "Dm"d/e/fd aff | "A"ge2a>gf/e/ |\
"Dm"dfd "A"ege | "Dm"fa>=b "C"c'2z | "Dm"f2d "A"d^c2 | "D"Hd6 |]
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A3 A/B/cA | G3 c/d/ec | A2A/B/ cdd | ^c/d/ec A3 |\
FAF ^c2A | d2d =c2z | A3 A3 | HA6 |]
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%%text First published in 1769 in The Boston Newsletter.
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