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T:The Jovial Young Sailor
B:Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1954
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
S:John Roast, East Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, July 11th 1937
Z:Doreen H Senior and Helen Creighton
Q:1/4=116     %Tempo
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:DAeo
(DF) |A2 A2 B2 |A2 G2 AA |(GE) D2 C2 | D4 
w:As_ I was a-walk-ing in the sweet_ month of May 
(A=B) |c2 d2 (dc) |(cA) A2 (AG) |D2 A2 (AF) | G4 
w:A_ jov-ial young_ sail-*or by_ chance passed that_ way,
FG |A2 d2 e2 |(dB) A2 (AG) |D2 A2 (AF) | G4 
w: He was stal-wart and hand-*some; as_ he pass-ed_ by
(FG) |A2 c2 d2 |c2 A2 A2 |(GF) D2 D2 | D6 |]
w:I_ beck-oned un-to him and bade_ him draw nigh.