Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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O 'er in the blooming spring
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I overheard a maid complain
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So grievous for to sing
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O my cruel parent s,
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they did me so annoy
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And they would not let me marry with
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The barney labouring boy
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Oh Johnny was my true love's name
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As you will plainly see
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My parents did employ him
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The la bouring boy to be
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To harrow, weep, to sow the seed
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To plough my father's land
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And it's soon I fell in love with him
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My father stepped up one morning
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He sees me by the hand
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He swore he'd send your Johnny
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up to some foreign land
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He locked me in my chamber,
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my comfort to annoy
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And to keep me there to weep and whine
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For the bonnie neighbouring boy
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And these words to me did say
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Your father has intended
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To appoint your wedding day
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But I did not make no answer
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Nor did I complain
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But until I wed my la boring boy
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Then single I'll remain
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For his cheeks are like the rose's red,
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his eyes as black as snow
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He smiles in his be haviour
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wherever my love goes
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He's manly, neat and handsome,
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his cheeks as white as snow
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And in spite of my cruel parents' way
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The boy, the boy I'll go
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So come fill this glass up to the brim
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Let the toast come early round
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Here's a howl to every laboring boy
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That loves and sows the ground
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And when his work is over,
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his homie will enjoy
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Oh, how happy is the girl that
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weds with the Pony Labyrinth Boy!
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