The Little Saucepan (hi-lo)

THE LITTLE SAUCEPAN hi-lo
(Sospan Vach)
Welch folk song
Key: Em

2   -3” -3”-3” -3”  -3” -3   4  -3”
5   -6  -6 -6  -6   -6  -7   7  -6
My dear Ma-ry Ann’s cut her fin-ger

-3” -3 -3   -3  -3   -4    4   -3   -3”
-6  -7 -7   -7  -7   -8    7   -7   -6
And Da-vid, the but-ter’s feel-ing weak

 2   2  -3” -3”  -3” -3”  -3”
 5   5  -6  -6   -6  -6   -6
And the ba-by’s wail-ing loud

-3”-3   4  -3”
-6 -7   7  -6
In the cra-dle

 5    5    -4    4    -3    -4
 8    8    -8    7    -7    -8
The cat’s claws are scratch-ing

 4   -3    -3”
 7   -7    -6
John-ny’s cheek.

 5   5   5   4   -4  -4  -4 -4   -4 
 8   8   8   7   -8  -8  -8 -8   -8
Sos-pan fach is boil-ing on the fire

 4   4   4    -3” -3 -3  -3 -3   -3
 7   7   7    -6  -7 -7  -7 -7   -7
Sos-pan fawr boils o-ver on the floor

 5    5    -4    4    -3    -4
 8    8    -8    7    -7    -8
The cat’s claws are scratch-ing

 4   -3    -3”
 7   -7    -6
John-ny’s cheek.

5    4   4 -4   -4
8    7   7 -8   -8
Da-vid’s a sol-dier

4   -3”  4 -3   -3
7   -6   7 -7   -7
Da-vid’s a sol-dier

-3”-3 4 -4  5 -5 5
-6 -7 7 -8  8 -9 8
Da-vid’s a sol-dier

-4    4     4     -3  -3  -3”
-8    7     7     -7  -7  -6
His shirt-tail’s fall-ing out