I guess I missed one.
-Joe, working away on the tunes-

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TWAS DOWN IN THE MEADOWS

`Twas down in yon meadows where the violets are blue,
I saw my pretty Polly and she milking her cow:
And the song that she sang made the valleys to ring,
Saying, `My. Jemmy's gone from me to serve George our King.'

CHORUS
And she sang that the wars were all o'er,
Crying, `Oh, that the wars were all o'er!'

I said, `My pretty Polly, if you'll fancy me,
I'll make you as happy, as happy can be.'
`Oh no, no, sir,' she said, `that can never be,
For I ne'er will be happy till my Jemmy I see.'
Chorus

`Tis straight to some dealer I'll quickly away,
And I'll dress myself out in a young man's array;
And, like a bold sailor so neat and so trim,
I'll venture my life for George our great King.'
Chorus

See: I WOULD THAT THE WARS WERE ALL DONE

Source: "Cut the Loaf: Irish Children's Songs," Carmel O Boyle, Mercier Press, 1986.

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