| Song Name: | The Housewife's Lament (hi-lo) | By: | American folk song |
| Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | G | Genre: | Folk |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2012-04-26 09:23:05 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | THE HOUSEWIFE�S LAMENT hi-lo
American folk song Key: G TIME: 3/4 6 7 7 7 7 -8 -1 3 3 3 3 -3 One day I was walk-ing 8 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4 2 2 2 2 -1 I heard a com-plain-ing 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -7 7 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And saw an old wom-an the pic-ture of gloom 6 7 7 7 7 -8 8 -6 -6 -1 3 3 3 3 -3 -4 2 2 She gazed at the mud on her door-step -6 -6 6 2 2 -1 (twas� rain-ing) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -7 7 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And this was her song as she wield-ed her broom 7 8 8 8 8 -8 7 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 3 -4 -4 -4-4-3 3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2* Oh, life is a toil and love is a trou-ble 7 7 7 7-7 -6 -7 -7 -7 -7 3 3 3 3-2* 2 -2* -2* -2* -2* Beau-ty will fade and rich-es will flee 7 7 7 7 -8 3 3 3 3 -3 Pleas-ures they dwin-dle 8 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 -4 2 2 2 2 -1 And pric-es they dou-ble 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -6 -7 7 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2* 3 And noth-ing is as I would wish it to be |
