Page:One Hundred English Folksongs (1916).djvu/289

This page needs to be proofread.

235

100

ONE MAN SHALL MOW MY MEADOW

Collected and arranged by

CECIL J. SHARP

$\relative c' { << << \new Staff { \time 6/8 \key g \major \tempo "Allegretto" \autoBeamOff r2. \bar ".|:" r4 r8 r4 d8 g4 a8 b4 a8 g8 g4~ g d8 g4 a8 b16 b b8 a g g4~ g r8 b4 a8 b4 a8 b4 c8 d4 d8 e4 d8 c4 b8 c4 b8 a4 g8 b b a g4 fis8 g g4~ g r8 \bar ":|." r2. r4 r8 r4\fermata \bar "|." } \addlyrics { One man shall mow my mead -- ow Two men shall gath -- er it to- geth -- er, Two men, one man and one more Shall shear my lambs and ewes and rams, And gath -- er my gold to -- geth -- er. } >> \new GrandStaff << \new Staff { \key g \major \mergeDifferentlyHeadedOn \mergeDifferentlyDottedOn b,4\p (d8 c4 d8) b4 (d8 c4 d8) b4 (d8 c4 d8) b4 (d8 c4 d8) b4 (d8 c4 d8) << {b4 d8 c4 a'8} \\ {s4. c,4.} >> <d b'>4. (<e b'> <e b'>4\< <d c'>8 <g d'>4\!) b8 << {e,4\mf g8 a4 e8 d4 g8 e4.} \\ {e4.~ e4 s8 d4. e4 c8} >> d4. <d c> b4\> (d8 c4 d8\!) b4\> (d8 c4 d8) r4\! r8\p <b' g'>4\fermata } \new Staff { \clef "bass" \key g \major g,,4 (d'8 a'4 d,8) g,4 (d'8 g4 fis8) g,4 (d'8 a'4 d,8) g,4 (d'8 g4 fis8) g,4 (d'8 a'4 d,8) g,4 d'8 e4 fis8 g4. <e g> << {g4 fis8} \\ {c4.} >> <g' b,>4. e,4 (e'8) a,4 (e'8) b4 (g'8) c,4 (g'8) d4. (d,) g4 (d'8 a'4 d,8) g,4 (d'8 g4 fis8 g,4) r8 <g' d'>4\fermata } >> >> }$

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

3.
Five men shall mow my meadow,
Six men shall gether 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 gether my gold together.

(And so on ad lib.)

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

Copyright MCMXVI by Oliver Ditson Company

Page:One Hundred English Folksongs (1916).djvu/289

Navigation menu

Search