| Song Name: | The Housewife's Lament (chrom) | By: | American folk song |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | G | Genre: | Folk |
| Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
| Created: | 2012-04-26 09:21:21 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | THE HOUSEWIFE�S LAMENT chrom
American folk song Key: G TIME: 3/4 -1 3 3 3 3 -3 One day I was walk-ing -4 2 2 2 2 -1 I heard a com-plain-ing -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And saw an old wom-an the pic-ture of gloom -1 3 3 3 3 -3 -4 2 2 She gazed at the mud on her door-step 2 2 -1 (twas� rain-ing) -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And this was her song as she wield-ed her broom 3 -4 -4 -4-4-3 3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2* Oh, life is a toil and love is a trou-ble 3 3 3 3-2* 2 -2* -2* -2* -2* Beau-ty will fade and rich-es will flee 3 3 3 3 -3 Pleas-ures they dwin-dle -4 2 2 2 2 -1 And pric-es they dou-ble -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And noth-ing is as I would wish it to be |
