X:1
T:SYLVIA THE FAIR
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:F
B:Ed McCurdy's Song Book of Wit and Mirth (Hargail, p. 10)
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w:Syl-via the fair, at the age of six-teen, Felt an in-nocent warmth as she
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w:lay on the green; She'd heard of a plea-sure and some-thing she guess'd By the
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w:tows-ing and tumbl-ing and touch-ing her breast. She saw the men ea-ger but
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w:was at a loss What they meant by their sigh-ing and kiss-ing so close: By their
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w:(FAST)~pray-ing and whin-ing and clasp-ing and twin-ing and
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w:pant-ing and wish-ing and sigh-ing and kiss-ing (A~TEMPO)~And
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w:sigh-ing and kiss-ing so close._