X:82
T:RVW2/2/82 The Little Oyster Girl
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/82
C: John Denny, Billericay, Essex, 25 April 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 1/4=100
M:4/4
K:D
A2 | d2 dd d2 FG |A2 AA A3 d |
w: O I was a-wal-king up fair Lon-don street, a
ee ee ee de | (fe) dB A2 d2 | "^*"e2 "^*"e"^*"e e2 de |
w: pret-ty lit-tle oy-ster girl I chanced_ for to meet, and in-to her bas-ket and
fe dB A2 FG | A2 AB A2 (fd) | e4 d2 |] 
w: sli-ly I did peep and I asked her if she sold_ oy-sters.
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%%text *Editorial note: In the original manuscript, only the last note in bar 5 is inked in. The others are marked in pencil.It seems likely
%%text that RVW suspected a mistake, but never got round to correcting it. The editors have put here what is written in
%%text the manuscript, but believe that the three notes marked * should be F, not E as written. Supporting evidence for
%%text this will be found in other versions of this song.