X:37
T:RVW2/2/37 The Jolly Harrin' (Herring)
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/2/37
C: Ted Nevill, Little Burstead, Essex, 16 April 1904
Z:Transcribed by Lewis Jones and Simon Furey.
L:1/8
Q: "(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
M:6/8
K:G
"^Verse 1"d | GGG G2 B | ddd B2 A | GGG A2 G | A6|
w: As I was a-walk-ing out one May mor-ning down by the riv-er side 
B2 B B2 B | Bcd e2 e | d2 d GBA | G3-G Bc | ddd d2 d |
w: There I spied a jol-ly har-rin' come row-ing down by the  tide_ that was for-ty feet wide and
Bce d3 | G2 A B2 B | d2 G AGF | G3 z2 ||
w: fif-ty feet long. Don't you think that was a jol-ly har-rin'?
"^Verse 2"d | ddd d2 d | Bde d3 | d2 d ddd | (Bd)e d2 d/2d/2 |
w: O what do you think I made with his head? There was o-ver ten loaves_ of bread, there was
ddd d2 d | Bde d3 | G2 A BBB | ddB AGF | G3-G2 ||
w: ten loaves of bread and oth-er fine things. Don't you think I did well with my jol-ly har-rin'?
"^Verses 3-7"d | ddd d2 d | Bde d2 d | ddd ddd | d2 d Bde |
w: O what do you think I made with his eyes? As ma-ny as for-ty mince cakes and fif-ty mince
d3-d dd | d d2 ddd | d d2 ddd | Bde d3 |
w: pies._ There was mince cakes and there was mince pies and there was oth-er fine things.
G2 A BBB | ddB AGF | G3-G2 |]
w: Don't you think I did well with my jol-ly har-rin'?
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