In the [C]merry month of May on a [F]bright and sunny [Dm]day,
I was [G]strolling round my old grandfathers [C]farm,
When I spied a pretty maid and [F]unto her I [Dm]said,
"Let me [G]wind up your little ball of [C]yarn."

(Chorus)
Oh, the blackbird and the thrush, they sing [F]out from ev'ry [Dm]bush,
Keep your [G]hand upon your little ball of [C]yarn.
Oh the blackbird and the thrush, they sing [F]out from ev'ry [Dm]bush,
Keep your [G]hand upon your little ball of [C]yarn.

"Oh no kind sir,"said she, "for a stranger you must be,
And you might have some other little charm."
But I said, "my little love, come and be my turtle dove,
Let me wind up your little ball of yarn."

Now that maid rose with a blush, and ran off in such a rush,
To tell the other girls of all the fun.
Me not wishing to be seen, I slipped off across the green,
After winding up her little ball of yarn.

Now twelve months had passed away, and I chanced to be that way,
And I found her with a baby on her arm.
I said "my little miss, oh, you never thought of this,
When I wound up your little ball of yarn."

So now my pretty maid, take a warning from the shade,
And never rise too early in the morn.
And like the blackbird in the bush, keeps on singing to the thrush,
Keep your hand on your little ball of yarn.


X: 1
T:Ball of Yarn
M:C
L:1/4
K:C
GF|ECEG|c2Bc|dcBc|D2BA|
GGB3/2A/|GGFD|E4-|E2GF|ECE/G3/2|
c3c|dcBc|D2BA|G2B3?2A/|GGFD|C4-|C2||
G3/2F/|ECEG|C2Bc|D2BA|
GGBA|GGFD|E4-E2|G3/2F/|ECEG|c2Bc|
dcBc|D2B3/2A/|GGBA|G/G3/2FD|C4-|C2||

% Output from ABC2Win Version 2.1 h on 3/19/99

Regards Baz