X:1
T:RVW1/2/32 The Murdered Servant Man
T: [No title given]
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/RVW1/2/32 
C:Source unknown
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/4
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 1/2=60
M:3/2
K:C
%%text Verse 1
C | C D E F E D | (B,A,) B, C3 | G G G A F E | (D E) F G2 G | 
w: It's of an old far-mer as you_ shall hear. He had two sons and one daugh-*ter dear. The
(G E) G c B A | (G E) G c B A | (G E) E (FA) E | (E C) B, C2 ||
w: ser-*vant man she so much_ ad-mi-red; none in_ the world_ she loved_ so dear.
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%%text Verse 2 (and other verses)
C | E F G3 c | c2 A/2A/2 B G c | c c G2 F E | F E D3 G | 
w: One of these bro-thers says to the o-ther, "We see our sis-ter en-clined to wed. Let's
C B, C3 D | (3 (E F D) E F2 G | c c G2 F (D | E) D C ||
w: put an end to all__ court-ship and hoist her to some si-lent bed."
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%%text Verse 3
D/2D/2 E F | G2 c/2c/2 c2 A |[M:2/2] B G2 c | [M:3/2] c c G2 F (E | F) E D3 G | 
w: So they asked this young man to go a-hunt-ing and as he went to end_ all strife near
C B, C3 D | (E/2F/2) D E F2 G | c c G2 (F D) | E D C3 |]
w: Mar-ket Wealth these scar-*let\* vil-lains they took a-way this_ young man's life.
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%%text * RVW's MS has "scarl? eyed?"
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%%text Editorial notes:
%%text The MS contains the words for 12 verses. 
%%text See also the related RVW1/2/26