One Hundred English Folksongs/One man shall mow my meadow

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One Hundred English Folksongs (1916)
edited by Cecil James Sharp

One man shall mow my meadow

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4669665One Hundred English Folksongs — One man shall mow my meadow1916Cecil James Sharp

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One man shall mow my meadow

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Cecil J. Sharp

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2.Three men shall mow my meadow,Four men shall gather it together,Four men, three men, two men, one man, and one more,Shall shear my lambs and ewes and rams,And gather my fold together.

3.Five men shall mow my meadow,Six men shall gather it together,Six men, five men, four men, three men, two men, one man, and one more,Shall shear my lambs and ewes and rams,And gather my fold together.

(And so on ad lib.)

*) This measure must be played twice in the 2^nd verse, three times in the 3^rd verse, and so on.