X:45
T:RVW2/2/45 The Three Butchers
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/45
C: James Punt, East Horndon, Essex, 21 April 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
M:6/8
K:G
G | G2 e (ed)e | d3 B2 G | A2 B G2 G | G3-G2 d | d2 B (de)f | 
w: It was Hare, Gibbs_ and John-son as I have heard men say._ They had five thou-*sand
g3 e2 e | d2 d A2 A | d3-d2 d | d2 B def | g2 g e2 e | d2 B (BA)G |
w: gui-neas all on a mar-ket day._ As they rode o-ver North-um-ber-land as hard as they_ could
A3-A2 A | G2 e (ed)e | d3 B2 G | A2 B G2 G | G3 z2 |]
w: ride_ "O hark! O hark!"_ says John-son, "I hear a wo-man cry."
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