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Digital Tradition, threbird

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X:17411
T:Three Birds
S:Digital Tradition, threbird
D:Recorded by Ed McCurdy on When Dalliance was in Flower etc.
Z:dt:threbird
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:There were three birds that built very low
W:Said the first to the second, let't have at her toe
W:The third he went merrily, merrily in
W:The third he went merrily in.
W:
W:  Chorus:
W:  Oh never went wimble or timber so nimble
W:  With so little scvrewing or knocking in
W:  With so little knocking in.
W:
W:There were three birds that built very free
W:Said the first to the second, let't have at her knee
W:The third he went merrily, merrily in
W:The third he went merrily in.
W:
W:etc. high, thigh
W:     on a stump, rump
W:     limb, quim
K:C
D|G2G B2B|ABA GGG|BBB dcB|AAA A2D|
GGG BAG|ccc e2e|ddd cBA|G4zd|
dBB Bcd|cAA ABA|GGG BAG|c2c e2e|ddd c2A|G4z||

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