Hard Is The Fortune Of All Womankind (2nd pos)

by American-English folk song

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: G
Posted by:: WaltP

HARD IS THE FORTUNE OF ALL WOMANKIND 2nd pos
(The Wagoner’s Lad)
American version of 18th C. English folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4
Harp: C

-3-3” 3  2  -1   3   -3”
-7-6  6  5  -4   6   -6
Oh, hard is the for-tune

-3  3  -1  2   -1
-7  6  -4  5   -4
Of all wom-an-kind

   3    -3” 3   -3”  -3 -4
   6    -6  6   -6   -7 -8
They’re al-ways con-trolled

   5    -4  -3   3   -3”
   8    -8  -7   6   -6
They’re al-ways con-fined

-3”   -3”   3   -3”  -3   -4
-6    -6    6   -6   -7   -8
Con-trolled by their par-ents

5  -4   -3   3   -3”
8  -8   -7   6   -6
Un-til they are wives

-3-3”  3    3   -1    2    3
-7-6   6    6   -4    5    6
Then slaves to their hus-bands

-3”  3   -1   2    -1
-6   6   -4   5    -4
The rest of their lives