That wasn't a very good transcription that I put up earlier, so here's a better one:


%abc-version 2.2
X: 1
T: On Christmas Day
M: 6/4
L: 1/4
C: Traditional, collected from May Bradley by Fred Hamer
Z: Mick Pearce
S: Collected by collected from May Bradley, by Fred Hamer
I:linebreak $
Q:1/4=108
K: Gaeo
D|[M:5/4] G A B2 A| G "^slide"({G}F) D3 z|[M:6/4] d d c (A G F)| G A B3 d|$
w: On Christ-mas day it hap-pened so, Down in those mead--ows for to plough. As
[Q:1/4=96][M:5/4] =e (d/c/) B c2 |[M:6/4] !courtesy!e (d/c/) B A3| (c/B/) (G/F/) D G G2| A B A HG2|]
w: he were_ plough-ing all on_ so fast Up_ came_ sweet Jes-us his-self at last.


And for comparison, here's Fred Hamer's transcription from the Garners Gay book:


%abc-version 2.2
X: 2
T: On Christmas Day
M: 5/4
L: 1/4
C: Traditional, collected from May Bradley tr Fred Hamer
Z: Fred Hamer
S: Collected by Fred Hamer from May Bradley in Hamer: Garners Gay
B: Garners Gay by Fred Hamer, EFDS Publications, 1967
I:linebreak $
M:6/4
K: Gm
D|G A B A G F|[M:4/4] D3 d|[M:6/4] c A G F G A|[M:4/4] B3 c|$
w: On Christ-mas day it hap-pened so, Down in those mead-ows for to plough. As
=e (d/c/) B !breath!c|!courtesy!e (d/c/) B !breath!A|[M:5/4] c (B/G/) (F/D/) G G-|G A B A| G3 z2|]
w: he was_ plough-ing all on_ so fast Up_ came_ sweet Jes-us_ him-self at last.