%%scale 1 X:1 %Music T:Poor Old Horse B: Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1959 S:C Shire, Blacksmith, Langport, Somerset, 19 Aug 1904 Z:Cecil Sharp F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:6/8 %Meter L:1/8 % K:G G2 G (EF) G |A3 G2 B |d2 d (cB) A |d2-d3 w:Once I was_ a young horse all in my youth-*ful _prime, D |G2 G D D D |A3 c B A |F2 D D2 D |D2-D3 w:My mane hung o-ver my should-ers and my coat he did so shine,_ B |B2 d B2 B |d2-d3D |G2 G (GA) B |c2-c3 w:But now I'm get-ting _old my fea-tures do_ de-*cay c |d2 d (cB) A |G2 G D E F |G2 E C2 C |D3 w: My mast-er he_ looks down on my and his words I heard him say: (DE) F |G3 (EF) G |A3 (AB) c |d3 (cB) A |G2-G3 |] w:Poor_ old horse, poor_ old horse, Poor_ old horse, let_ him _die.