X:94
T: Oats and Beans
N: (Singing Game. For directions, see p. 9.)
%R: air, jig
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/094_Oats_and_Beans.abc	 2024-11-23 235345 UT
K: Eb
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w: 1.~Oats and beans and bar-ley grow, Oats and beans and bar-ley grow;    Do you or
w: 2.~First the far-mer sows his seed, Then he stands and takes his ease,* Stamps his
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w: I or an-y-one know      How oats and beans and bar-ley grow? | 3.~Wait-ing for a
w: feet and slaps* his hand And turns him round to view his land. | ~ ~ ~ ~ |
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w: part-ner, wait-ing for a part-ner, wait-ing for a part-ner, So o-pen the
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w: ring and take one in. 4.~So now you're mar-ried you must o-bey, You must be true to
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w: all you say; You must be wise, you must be good, And help your wife to chop the wood.
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