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T:All the little chickens in the Garden
B:Milner D,Kaplan P, 1983,Songs of England,Ireland and Scotland,Oak,New York
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
S:Joe Udall, Cumbrian Shepherd
C:Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy
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w:When first I come down York-shire, not man-y years a-go,
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w:Why, I met with a lit-tle York-shire girl and I'll have_ yez all to know
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w:That she was so blithe, so bux-om, so beau-ti-ful_ and gay.
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w:Now lis-ten whilst_ I tell you what her dad-dy used_ to say_
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w:"Treat me daugh-ter de-cent. Don't do her an_ y harm
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w:And when I die I'll leave you both me ti-dy lit-tle farm,
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w:Me cow, me pigs, me sheep and goat, me stock, me fields_ and barn
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w:And all the lit-tle chick-ens in the gar-*den