X:72
T:RVW2/2/72 Come Buy Me a Hawk and a Hound
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/72
C: Mrs. Humphreys, Ingrave, Essex, 1903
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=66
M:6/8
K:G
B | Gdd cAB |[M:3/8] G2 B/2c/2 |[M:6/8] def gef | d3-d2 c |
w: Come buy me a hawk and a hound and a beau-ti-ful gil-liard to ride_ for
def (gf)g | edB A2 B/2B/2 | Gdd cAB | G3- G2 ||
w: I have been slee-*ping all this night long and no-one then to lay by my side._
"^Chorus"B/2B/2 | Gdd cAB |[M:3/8] G2 B/2c/2 |[M:6/8] def gef | d3-d2 c/2c/2 |
w: Here's a-dieu to old Eng-land, fare-well. Here's a-dieu to ten thou-sand of foes._ If the
def ggg | edB A2 B | Gdd cAB | G3 z2 |]
w: world had been end-ed when we were all young, our sor-rows ne'er should have been known.
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%%text RVW MS note: Sung by Mrs. H's grandfather, who was 76 when he died about 1887.