Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
In
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Strawberry
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Town there lived a farmer
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He had two sons and a daughter dear
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These two young men they was contriving
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To fill their poor par
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The eldest one, he said to the other,
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see how our sister do sport and play.
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With that young servant,
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boy, her lover,
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we'll send him silent to his grave.
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A match of hunting it was prepared,
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through fields and valleys where the bri ars do grow.
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An d there they did that young man murder,
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and in a thorny break his body throw.
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When these two did return from hunting,
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their sister asked for her servant man.
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I ask because I seen you whisper,
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pray tell me brothers if you can.
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Oh, sister, sister, you do offend us,
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and why do you so examine me?
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We left him in the field of hunting,
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and no more of him did we see.
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Oh, it's straight to bed went that fair young wo man
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lamenting for her own true love.
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She dreamed she saw him stand by her pillow,
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his shirt and coat, they were drenched with
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blood oh it's rise up early in the morning an d
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straightway to a break you'll go and there you'll
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find my body ly ing,
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your cruel brothers caused my overthrow.
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So it's rise up early in the morning,
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and straightway to that break she did go.
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And there she found his body lyin'
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In that same thorny break
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where the briars do grow.
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The blood that on his lips was dry in',
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His tears were salt as any brine,
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She often kissed him,
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sometimes cry in'.
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Here lies the boldest friend of mine.
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Since my two brothers have been so cruel
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to take your tender, sweet life away,
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This one grave will hold us both together,
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alone with you until death has stayed.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Ab Fm F Eb...
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