X: 1
T: A Soul Cake  (Asoulin)   [Em]
C: trad. England
O: Peter, Paul, and Mary version.
N: with the chorus of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen at the end.
%D:1893
%R:
S: Handout at Merry Minstrel practice, 2025-11-23
Z: 2025 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Em
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"^Intro"B |: eBfB gfeB | eBfB gabB | eBfB gfeB | e2fd e3 y:| "^4x"[|]
B |\
"Em"e2"D"d2 "Em"ee/e/ B2 | "Em"ee"D"ff "C"g/g/g/g/"B"f2 | "Em"b>a b>a "B"b>a b/a/g/f/ | "Em"e2"D"d2 "Em"ee/e/ B2 ||
"Em"ee"D"ff "C"g/g/g/g/ "B"f2 | "Em"b>a b>a "B"b>a b/a/g/f/ | "Em"e2"D"d2 "Em"ee/e/ B2 | "Em"b2b2 bb/b/ b2 ||
"^instr."[|] eBfB gfeB | eBfB gabB | eBfB gfeB | e2fd e3B ||
"^Chorus"|:\
"Em"e2"D"d2 "Em"e2B2 | "C"ee "D"d/d/d "Em"e2 B>B | "Em"ee/e/ "D"dd "C"ee"B"BB | "Em"ee/e/ "D"dd "C"ee/e/ "B"BB ||
"Em"e>e "D"dd "Em"e>e B2 | "C"e>e "D"dd "Em"ee e2 || "instr"eBfB gfeB | e2fd e4 ||
"^Verse"||\
f"Em"g>g"D"f f"Em"gge | e/e/g>g"D"f f"Em"g2e | "Em"g>g "Am"ff "Em"g2ee | "C"gg"D"ff "Em"e4 ||
f"Em"g>g"D"f f"Em"gge | e/e/g>g"D"f f"Em"g2e | "Em"g>g "Am"ff "Em"ggee | "C"gg"D"ff "Em"e4 "^3x"|]
"^Chorus":|\
"Em"e2"D"d2 "Em"e2B2 | "C"ee "D"d/d/d "Em"e2 B>B | "Em"ee/e/ "D"dd "C"ee"B"BB | "Em"ee/e/ "D"dd "C"ee/e/ "B"BB ||
"Em"e>e "D"dd "Em"e>e B2 | "C"e>e "D"dd "Em"ee e "^GR"|[| e | "Em"eb"Am"ba "Em"gf"C"ed | "Em"ef"C"ga "B"b2ze ||
"Em"eb"Am"ba "Em"gf"C"ed | "Em"ef"C"ga "B"b2 zb | "Am"c'abc' "G"d'e'ba | "Em"gefg "D"a2ga ||
"G"bc' "C"d'c' "G"ba"D"gf | "Em"e4- e2zB "^instr"| eBfB gfeB | e2fd e4 |]
%%text GR: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

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X: 2
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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%%text 1) Pause between chorus and verse is often omitted or extended with instrumental breaks.