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Song Name: Blow The Candles Out (12th pos) By: 18th C. English Folk Song
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: G Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-15 19:57:03 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

BLOW THE CANDLES OUT 12th pos

18th C. English Folk Song

Key: Em

Harp: D

 

 -3”-4 -4  -4  5    -4   4  -4   5

 -6 -8 -8  -8  8    -8   7  -8   8

When I was ap-pren-ticed in Lon-don

 

6  -6  -6  6  5  -4-3”

9  -10 -10 9  8  -8-6

I went to see my dear

 

-3” -4   -4 5  -4  4   -4   5

-6  -8   -8  8 -8  7   -8   8

The can-dles were all burn-ing

 

 6   -6   -6     6     5   -4

 9  -10   -10    9     8   -8

The moon shone bright and clear

 

-6  -6    -6 6  -6   7  -6

-10 -10  -10 9  -10 10  -10

I knocked up-on her win-dow

 

6   -6   6  5   4   -3”

9  -10   9  8   7   -6

To ease her of her pain

 

-3”  -4  -4 5-4 -3”-4

-6   -8  -8 8-8 -6 -8

She rose to let me in

 

 5    6    -6   -6   6   5  -4

 8    9   -10   -10  9   8  -8

Then she barred the door a-gain