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The scan isn't that bad; the words are clearly readable and make better (or at least different) sense in some places than the version above. Here's my transcript.

Mick

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OUT WITH MY GUN IN THE MORNING

I live a jovial country life
Happy am I with my home and wife,
Some men are richer, I envy none,
I'm rich enough with my dog and my gun;
Early in the morning I leave my home,
That is the time in the fields to roam,
Down in the valley my house you will see,
Folks say it's small but it just suits me.

I love my wife, my pipe, and my glass,
Gaily along life's road do I pass;
Jolly and free, it just suits me,
Out with my gun in the morning.

Who'd lie in bed when the lark sings high:
Up in the blue and cloudless sky,
Gay as the birds to the fields I go,
Back I return to the sunset's glow.
My dear little wife, as I cross the stile,
Welcomes me home with a loving smile,
Perhaps other women may fairer be,
But she's my own, and she just suits me

Winter may come, and the winds may blow,
Safe in my home, from the frost and snow,
By my fireside with my wife I sing,
I wouldn't change with a crowned King,
Happy an I, in my little cot,
Contented I be with my humble cot,
Fols may sneer at my law degree,
People call it poor, but it just suits me.


Source: Broadside: "I Have No Mother Now", printed by T.Pearson, Machine Printer, 4 and 6, Chadderton Street, Oldham Road, Manchester


MCP Notes: last verse line 6 last word should probably be lot
                      line 7 first word should probably be Folks