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Verse 1
Well met, (G major) well met, my friend,
All on the highway riding,
Though freely together here we stand.
I pray thou tell to me,
Of what gall and mist thou be,
And art thou not a serving (E major) man?
Oh (G major) no, my brother dear,
what makes thee to in (D major) quire
(G major) Of any such thing (B minor) from my (A major) hand?
(D major) Indeed, I (G major) will not frain, but (D major) I will tell you plain,
I (G major) am a downright (D major) husband (G major) man.
Indeed, I will not frain, (D major) but I will tell you plain,
(G major) I am a downright hus (D major) bandman.
(G major) Well, if an husbandman you be,
will you walk along with me, though freely together here we stand?
For in a very short space I may take you to a place
where you may be a serving (E major) man.
(D major) As to thine di (G major) ligence, I give thee (D major) many thanks,
(G major) but naught do I require from thine (A major) hand.
But (D major) I pray (G major) now to me show,
Where (D major) fore that I may know
(G major) The pleasures of a (D major) serving (G major) man.
But I pray now to me show,
(D major) Wherefore that I may (G major) know
The pleasures of a serving man.
Well, isn't it a nice thing to ride
out with the king,
With lords, dukes, or any such men,
For to hear the horn, to blow
and see the hounds
All in a row, that's
pleasures of a serving (E major) man.
But (D major) my pleasure's more than (G major) that,
To see my oxen fanned,
And a good stock of hay by
(B minor) them stand. (A major)
(D major) With my (G major) ploughing and my sowing,
My reaping (D major) and my mowing,
That's pleasures (G major) of (D major) an husband man.
(G major) With my ploughing and my sowing,
(D major) my reaping and my mowing,
(G major) That's pleasures of an
(D major) husband (G major) man.
But then we do wear the finest of grandeur,
My coat is trimmed with
(D major) fur all around,
(G major) Our shirts as white as milk, and my stocking's made of silk,
That's clothing for a (E major) serving man.
As (G major) to my grandeur,
give I the (D major) coat I wear,
Of some (G major) bushes (D major) to (G major) ramble (A major) among.
(D major) Give to me (G major) a good great coat,
(D major) And in my purse a garout,
(G major) That's clothing for an (D major) husband (G major) man.
Give to me a good great coat,
And (D major) in my purse a garout,
(G major) That's clothing for an husband (D major) man.
(G major) But then we do eat the most
delicate fine meat
Of goose and of capon and (D major) swan
Our (G major) pastries made so fine
We drink sugar in our wine
That's diet for a (E major) serving man
As (D major) do my ducks and (G major) capons
Give I my beans (D major) and bacon
(G major) An d a good drop of ale (D major) now and then
For in a farmer's (G major) house
You will (D major) find both brawn and sauce
And (B minor) that's a (G major) livin' for an
hus (D major) band -man
(G major) For in a farmer's house
You'll (D major) find both brawn and sauce
(G major) That's livin' for (D major) an husband (G major) -man
Kind sir, I must confess
Although it causes me distress
To grant you the up (D major) permost hand
Although (G major) it is most painful
It is altogether gainful
And I wish I'd been an (E major) husband -man
So (G major) now, (D major) good people (B minor) all,
(G major) both be you great and (D major) small,
(G major) Honour (D major) the
(B minor) King of our land, (A major)
(D major) An d let us (G major) whatsoever to
(D major) do our best endeavour,
(G major) For to maintain a husband (D major) -man. (G major)
And let us whatsoever to (D major)
do our best endeavour,
For (B minor) to maintain (G major) a (B minor) husband (D major) -man. (G major)
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The Husbandman And The Serving Man
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