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%%text different from the above* set. -C. J. S.
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%%text * i.e. GB/6b/11 - Ed.
T:GB/6b/11A [A Lawyer Fine and Gay]
C:Sung by Mrs. Elizabeth Handy at Ilmington, Warwickshire, April 1911
C:Collected by Cecil Sharp
F:http://archives.vwml.org/record/GB/6b/11A
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
M:6/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
K:D
A | d2 A B2 G | A2 C D2 A | dde f2 d | (B2 c) d2 d |
w:I'd ra-ther be a poor man's wife and sit at my wheel a-spin-_ning Than 
f2 f (ed)c | (Bc)d F2 D | (DF)A (AG)F | (A2 d) d2 |]
w:I would be_ a law-_yer's wife, They are_ the worst_ of|wo-_men.