Song Name: | The Housewife's Lament (12th pos h-m-l) | By: | American folk song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2012-04-26 09:24:59 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE HOUSEWIFE�S LAMENT 12th pos l-m-h
American folk song Key: G TIME: 3/4 Harp: D 1 -2�-2�-2� -2� 3 4 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 7 -9 -9 -9 -9 9 One day I was walk-ing -3�-1 -1 -1 -1 1 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -10-8 -8 -8 -8 7 I heard a com-plain-ing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 2 -2� 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 8 -9 And saw an old wom-an the pic-ture of gloom 1 -2� -2�-2� -2� 3 -3� -1 -1 4 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -6 -4 -4 7 -9 -9 -9 -9 9 -10 -8 -8 She gazed at the mud on her door-step -1 -1 1 -4 -4 4 -8 -8 7 (twas� rain-ing) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 2 -2� 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 8 -9 And this was her song as she wield-ed her broom -2� -3� -3 -3�-3�3-2� 3 3 3 3 2 -5 -6 -6 -6 -66 -5 6 6 6 6 5 -9 -10 -10-10-109-9 9 9 9 9 8 Oh, life is a toil and love is a trou-ble -2� -2� -2� -2�2 -1 2 2 2 2 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 -4 5 5 5 5 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 -8 8 8 8 8 Beau-ty will fade and rich-es will flee -2� -2� -2� -2� 3 -5 -5 -5 -5 6 -9 -9 -9 -9 9 Pleas-ures they dwin-dle -3� -1 -1 -1 -1 1 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 -10 -8 -8 -8 -8 7 And pric-es they dou-ble 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 2 -2� 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8 8 -9 And noth-ing is as I would wish it to be |