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Thread #103896   Message #2121453
Posted By: Roberto
08-Aug-07 - 03:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Adieu to Old England (Carolyne Hughes)
Subject: Lyr Req: Carolyne Hughes' Adieu to Old England
Carolyne Hughes' recording of Adieu to Old England, Adieu
I'd like to complete and correct this transcription from the singing of Carolyne Hughes.

Oh then once … riding my coach
Yes, and horses to pull me along
Oh but now I'm so glad I've a donkey and cart
To pull me from town to town

Oh now once I could've eat of the best
Of the very best bread that was baked
Oh but now I am glad of a … crust
And glad I can get it to eat

Oh now once I could drink of the best
Of the very best beer that was brewed
Oh but now I am glad of a glass of cold spring water
That runs (all?) from town to town

Well, there's adieu to Old England, there's adieu
There's adieu to … hundred of bright pounds
Well, if the world had been ended whilst I'd been so young
My sorrows I should have not known