Bare Knuckle Boxers: Lark in the Morning

Lark in the Morning

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F C Am Dm C Dm
Dm C Am Dm C Dm
hold Dm at end of phrase

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The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
And she goes off in the air with the dew upon her breast
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings

Oh, Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade.
He goes whistling and singing through yonder leafy shade.
He met with Susan dark-eyed Susan. She's handsome I declare.
And she's far more enticing than the birds all in the air.

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As they were comin' home from the rakes of the town
the meadow being all mown and the grass had been cut down
As they chance to tumble all on the new mown hay
Oh, it's kiss me now or never this bonnie lass would say

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When twenty long weeks were over and past
Her mammy asked the reason why she thickened 'round the waist
'It was the pretty ploughboy' this girl then did say,
'For he asked me for to tumble out on the new mown hay'

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Here's a health to you ploughboys, where ever you may be
That like to have a bonnie lass a-sittin on each knee
With a pinty of good, strong porter he'll whistle and he'll sing 
And the ploughboy is as happy as a prince or as a king.

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