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Display tune: I Courted A Wee Girl

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X:165
T:I Courted A Wee Girl
R:song
D:Dervish: At the End of the Day
Z:id:hn-song-165
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:G
(EF) | G4 EF | G A3-A B | B B2 g (fg) | (e2d2)
de | d3 e (de) | B G3-G c | B3 G (FG) | E4 z
G | G4 EF | G A3 (GA) | B2 g (fg2) | (e2d2)
(de) | d3 e (de) | B2 G3 D | E G3-G2 | z4 ||
W:I courted a wee girl for many's the long day
W:And I slighted all others that came in my way
W:But now she's rewarded me to the last day
W:She's gone to be wed to another.
W:
W:The bride and bride's party to church they did go
W:The bride she rode foremost she put the best show
W:And I followed after with a heart full of woe
W:To see my love wed to another.
W:
W:The bride and bride's party in church they did stand
W:Gold rings on their fingers, a love by the hand
W:The man that she's wed to he has houses and land
W:He may have her since I couldn't gain her.
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W:The next time I say her she was seated down neat
W:I sat down beside her not a bite could I eat
W:For I thought my love's company far better than meat
W:Since love was the cause of my ruin.
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W:The last time I saw her she was all dressed in white
W:And the more I gazed on her she dazzled my sight
W:I lifted my hat and I bade her goodnight
W:Here's adieu to all false-hearted lovers.
W:
W:I courted that wee girl for many's the long day
W:And I slighted all others that came in my way
W:But now she's rewarded me to the last day
W:She's gone to be wed to another.
W:
W:So dig me a grave and dig it down deep
W:And strew it all over with primrose so sweet
W:And lay me down easy for no more to weep
W:Since love was the cause of my ruin.

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