When Cockleshells Turn Silverbells

by 17 C. English folksong · posted by WaltP

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Tab

WHEN COCKLESHELLS TURN SILVERBELLS
17 C. English folksong
Key: F
3/4 time


 9    9   9  9-1098  8    8   8   8-987
 6    6   6  6-665   5    5   5   5-554
When cock-le shells turn sil-ver- bells

 7   7   7  -77-88-9 -6 -7  6   7
 4   4   4  -34-45-5 -3”-3  3   4
And mus-sels   grow  on ev-‘ry tree

  9    9     9 9-1098   8      8    8   8-987
  6    6     6 6-665    5      5    5   5-554
When blooms the rose ‘mongst frost and  snows,

 7    7   7  -77-88 -9   -6    -7  6  -6
 4    4   4  -34-45 -5   -3”   -3  -2 -3”
Then will my false love prove true to me


9 -8 9   9  8    9   -8  9   9   8
6 -4 6   6  5    6   -4  6   6   5
O wa-ly, wa-ly, but love is bon-nie

7  7   7 -77-88-9 -6  -7 6   7
4  4   4 -34-45-5 -3” -3 -2  4
A lit-tle  while when it is new

 9   9    9  9-1098 8   8    8   8
 6   6    6  6-665  5   5    5   5
But when it’s old   it grow-eth cold

 7    7   7 -77-88-9  -6   -7   6   7
 4    4   4 -34-45-5  -3”  -3  -2   4
And fades a-  way    like morn-ing dew


O had I wist before I kissed
That love had been so ill to win
I’d locked my heart in case of gold
And pinned it with a silver pin

9 -8 9   9  8    9   -8  9   9   8
6 -4 6   6  5    6   -4  6   6   5
O wa-ly, wa-ly, but love is bon-nie

7  7   7 -77-88-9 -6  -7 6   7
4  4   4 -34-45-5 -3” -3 -2  4
A lit-tle  while when it is new

 9   9    9  9-1098 8   8    8   8
 6   6    6  6-665  5   5    5   5
But when it’s old   it grow-eth cold

 7    7   7 -77-88-9  -6   -7   6   7
 4    4   4 -34-45-5  -3”  -3  -2   4
And fades a-  way    like morn-ing dew

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