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T:The Merry Haymakers
B: Purslow, F, (1972), The Constant Lovers, EDFS, London
S:Henry Day, Basingstoke, Hants.  August 1906
Z:Gardiner Hp. 523.  
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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(D3/2E/) |F3 F F2 A2 |D2 C2 B,2 A, A, |B,2 E2 D2 C2 | D6
w:'Twas_ in the mer-ry month of May in the Spring-time of the  year, 
 A2 |d2 c2 B2 A2 (|A2 G2) F2 A2 |B2 E2 F2 ^G2 | A4 
w:All down in yon-ders mea-* dows there runs a ri-ver clear,
A3 A |d2 c2 B2 G2 | [M:6/4}[L:1/8] (A3 G) (F2 A2) (d2 c2) | [M:4/4][L:1/8] B2 A2 A2 d2 | (F3 E)
w: And to see those lit-tle fish-*es_ how_ they do sport and  play_
 D2 E2 |F3 D F2 A2 |D3 C B,2 A, A, |B,2 E2 D2 C2 | D6  |]
w:Caus-ed many a lad and many a lass to go there a-mak-ing hay.