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Song Name: The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington (ch) By: 18th C. English folk song
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: D Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Chromatic
Created: 2011-08-04 21:58:42 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON chrom

18th C. English folk song

Key: D

 

 

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There was a youth,

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And a well be-lov-ed youth

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And he was an es-quire’s son

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He loved the bail-iff’s daugh-ter dear

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That lived in Is-ling-ton