A SOBER SPOUSE FOR ME
A fire-Side Temperance Song
(Beware! Anti-Wassail Content!)
abcs and midi/notation link below....
Some love to stroll where the wassail bowl and the wine cups circle free
None of all that band 'ere shall win my hand
No a sober spouse for me
Where the wine cups circle free
None of all that band ere shall win my hand
No a sober spouse for me.
Like cheerful streams when the morning beams.
With him my life would flow.
Not down the crags the drunkard drags
His wife to shame and wo.
Not down the crags the drunkard drags
His wife to shame and wo.
No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! No!
No! No! No!No!
No! No! No!
Some love to stroll
Where the wassail bowl
And the wine cups circle free;
None of all that band ere shall win my hand
No! a sober spouse for me.
No! a sober spouse for me.
No!a sober spouse for me
The drunkard mark, at midnight dark
Oh! What a sight, good luck!
From fumes of beer and wine appear
Grim fiends who cross his track;
His children's name he dooms to shame
His wife to want and wo;
She is betrayed for wine is made
Her rival and her foe
Still some will stroll where the wassail bowl
And the wine cups circle free
None of that band ere shall win my hand
No a sober spouse for me-
&c&c&c…
Words by George P Morris Music by H. Russell
ABC-
M:3/4
L:1/8
C:Music by Henry Russell Lyric By George P. Morris
K:G
d|dBG2AB|DGB2c> B|A3 ABA|
(G2GZB>c|dBG2A> B|DGB2 cB|A3 B/2A/2 EF|
D2z2z2|z2z2cB|A3ABA|(G2D2) B> c|
dBG2 A>B|DGB2c>B|A2 B/2A/2DB/2A/2|G2z (F>G)|
AFD2 G> A|BGD3B|A3 B/2A/2 ^G A (d3D) GA|
BBB3B|BBB2 (B>c|d3 B/2G/2DB/2A/2|G2z2GA|
BBB2 G>A|BBB2 B>c|d3 B/2G/2B/2A/2|G2DGB|
A3DFA|G3DGB|A2 e/3de/3d|e/3dzzd|DBGA> B|
DGB2 c> B|A3 ABA|(G2D2)B> c|dBG2(A>B|
DGB2 c> B|A3B/2A/2 D d|G3 c/2B/2A/2G/2F/2E/2|
D3 E/2D/2^C/2D/2E/2F/2|G3 c/2B/2A/2G/2F/2E/2|D3 G/2B/2dF|Gz2z2|
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