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Thread #50410   Message #1407082
Posted By: Snuffy
12-Feb-05 - 08:21 AM
Thread Name: Origins/Tune Req: The Highwayman Outwitted
Subject: RE: Tune Req: The Highwayman Outwitted
Only four years since I posted the words and two-and a half since Malcolm pointed out I hadn't posted the tunes. Must have slipped below the radar. Anyway, better late than never.

X: 271
T:Devonshire Farmer's Daughter
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=110
D:George Deacon/Marion Ross 1973
K:Eb
B,|E2FG|A2GF|FE3-|E2z
w:In De-von-shire lived a rich far-mer
E|E2GB|c2Bc|G4- |G2z
w:his daugh-ter to mar-ket did go
F|E2GB|c2BA|GE3-|E2z
w:Be-liev-ing that no-one could harm her
F|G2FE|G2CD|E4- |E2z||
w:Oft times she did ride to and fro

X: 272
T:Farmer From Cheshire
M:3/4
L:1/4
S:Charlie Stringer, Wickham Skeith, Suffolk
K:G
D|GGG|AGA|BG2-|G2
w:There was a rich far-mer in Che-shire*
B/c/|ddd|cAG|A3-|A2z
w:And his daugh-ter to mar-ket would go*
ABc|dBG|FE2-|E2
w:Think-ing of no harm or dan-ger*
c/c/|BAG|AEF|G2-|G2
w:For she'd been on that high-way be-fore*