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T:The Bloody Gardener
S:Noted by Kenneth Peacock from Everett Bennett, St Paul's, Newfoundland, 1958.
B:Songs of the Newfoundland Outports, Peacock, 1965.
Z:PEA 95 No. 755
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
N:In the final line of verse 1, "nothing" has one note/ syllable only.
K:Ddor
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w:'Tis of a beau-ty fair,_ oh a shep-herd's daugh-ter dear, She_ was
d2 d2 c2 A2|F2 D2 c3 B|c6 (3(ABc)|
w:cour-ted by her own true heart's de-light; She_
d2 d2 c2 {dc} A2|(F2 D2) c2 c2|F2 G2 (E2 D) E|
w:was a vir-gin bright,_ oh his joy and heart's_ de-
C4 D2 E2|F2 E2 F2 G2|A2 A2{cA} G2 E2|D6|]
w:light, Oh and nothing but death could this young cou-ple part.