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life at home.

Air and one verse of song given from memory, as I heard them in early

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X:3771
T:Long Time I Courted You, Miss
O:england
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song
H:Air and one verse of song given from memory, as I heard them in early
H:life at home.
W:"Long time I courted you, Miss,
W:  But now I've come from sea,
W:We'll make no more ado, Miss,
W:  But quickly married be."
W:"Long time you courted Sally--
W:  With false vows you filled her head,
W:And Susan in the valley,
W:  You promised her you'd wed."
W:
W:            Chorus:
W:And sing oh, the storm is gone down,
W:  The ship is in the bay;
W:The captain and the sailors all
W:  Are roving far away.
L:1/8
M:C
K:D
A|d>cdf e2 dB|AFdB A3 A|d>cde f>ga>A|AAce d3||
A|BGFG AGFE|D fge d2 c>A|d>cde fga>A|AA ce d3||
"Chorus"\
d/e/|f>de>c dddc|BAdB A3 d|f>de>c d/e/f/g/ a> A|AA ce d3||

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