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T:Mowing the Barley
B:Singing Together, Spring 1961, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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K:C
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w:A law-yer he went out one day A for to take his  plea-sure,
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w: And_ who should he spy but some fair pret-ty maid, So hand--some and_ so cle-ver.
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w: "Where are you go-ing to, my pret-ty maid? Where are you go-ing, my hon-ey?"
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w: "Go-ing o-ver the hills, kind sir," she said, "To my fa-ther a-mow-ing the bar-ley."