X:161
T: the Happy Farmer
C: Robert Schumann
%R: air, march
N: This is version 2, for ABC software that understands voice overlays.
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: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/161%3Dthe_Happy_Farmer-V2.abc 2024-11-27 170239 UT
K: F
V: 1
V: 2
V: 3 clef=bass middle=D
V: 4 clef=bass middle=D
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[V:1] C | F3 A c3 F | B d f d c3 A | B G C B
[V:2] C | C3 F F3 F | F F F F F3 F | E C C E
w: 1.~Oh! what can with our flow'r-y plains com-pare, In all their match-less
w: 2.~The bright green fields, the beau-teous gold-en corn, The birds so sweet-ly
w: 3.~We sing sweet songs and join the mer-ry dance, And joy-ful-ness and
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[V:3] C | A3 c A3 c | d d d B A3 c | c c G G
[V:4] C | F3 F F3 A | B B B B F3 F | G E E C
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[V:1] A F C A | E2 D2 C2 zC | F3 A c3 F |
[V:2] F C C C | C2 =B,2 C2 zC | C3 F F3 F |
w: beau-ty that's so bright and fair, What gild-ed halls can
w: sing-ing in the ear-ly morn, Make bright our task and
w: pleas-ure doth each heart en-trance, Till night's dark man-tle
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[V:3] F A A c | G2 F2 E2 zC | A3 c A3 c |
[V:4] F F F F | G2 G,2 C2 zC | F3 F F3 A |
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[V:1] B d f d c3 A | B G C B A F C A |
[V:2] F F F F F3 F | E C C E F C C C |
w: ri-val na-ture's bow'rs, 'Neath which we gai-ly pass a-way the
w: cheeri-ly through the day Doth pass on swift-ly fleet-ing wings the
w: clos-ing o-ver day, Bids each with light-some heart a-way to
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[V:3] d d d B A3 c | c c G G F A A c |
[V:4] B B B B F3 F | G E E C F F F F |
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[V:2] C2 =B,2 C2 zC | E3 F C3 C | C C C =B, C2 z :| D2 C2 C3 |]
w: even-ing hours, When work well done hath pleas-ure fair-ly won? | ~ ~ ~ |
w: hours a-way, 'Till close of day brings pleas-ure in-to play! | rest, a-way! |
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