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T:The Barley raking.
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
B:Songs of the West by S. Baring-Gould. 
S:From Roger Hannaford, Lower Widdecombe, Dartmoor.
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w:'Twas in the prime *of sum-*mer time, When hay it was a-mak-ing; And
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w:har-vest tide *was com-*ing on, And bar-ley want-ed ra-king; Two
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w:woe-ful lov-ers met one day, With sighs their sad fare-well to say, For
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w:John to place must go a-way, and Bet-*ty's heart was break-ing.
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w:Lov-ers oft have proved *un-true; 'las! what can poor mai-de-ns do?