X:92030080
T:RVW2/3/8 Billy O'Rooke
F:http://www.vwml.org/record/RVW2/3/8
C:John Newton, Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, 22 July 1904 
Z:Transcribed by Simon Furey and Lewis Jones
L:1/8
Q:"(Editorial suggestion)" 3/8=80
M:6/8
K:G
G | G2 G E2 E | D2 D D2 D/D/ | E2 E E2 E | 
w: I greased my brogues and cut my sticks in the lat-ter end of
c3 B2 A | G2 G E2 E | D2 D D2 D | D2 F A2 F | G3 G2 G | 
w: May, sir, then I for Eng-land I set out to sail up-on the sea, sir, and
w: |[first?]
G2 B d2 B | c2 c d2 d | G2 B d2 c | B3 d2 d | 
w: next for Lon-don I set out to sell the hay and corn, sir, to
e2 e d2 d | d2 c B2 A | "^(a)"G2 B D2 D | c3 B2 A/A/ | 
w: leave old Ire-land far be-hind the place where I was born, sir, with my
GGG E2 E | "^(b)"D2 D D2 G | "^(c)"GGB d2 G | A3 G2 ||
w: Kill-in-i-crue my hearts are true and Bil-ly O' Rooke's the boy, sir.
G | G2 G E2 E | D2 D D2 D/D/ | E2 E E2 E | 
c3 B2 A | G2 G E2 E | D2 D D2 D | D2 F A2 F | G3 G2 G | 
G2 B d2 B | c2 c d2 d | G2 B d2 c | B3 d2 d | 
e2 e d2 d | d2 c B2 A | "^(a) var."c2 B D2 D | c3 B2 A/A/ | 
GGG E2 E | "^(b) var."d4 d2 | "^(c) var."d2 B d2 G | A3 G2 |]