The Old Woman Who Went To Market (hi-lo)

by New England-English folk song

Type:: Diatonic
Key:: A
Posted by:: WaltP

THE OLD WOMAN WHO WENT TO MARKET hi-lo
New England version of an English folk song
Key: A
Time: 2/2

  1   1  -1  2  -2”  3  3
  4    4 -4  5  -5   6  6
There was a lit-tle wom-an

3   4     4    -3”
6   7     7    -6
As I’ve heard tell

 3   2   -1   1   -1   2    1
 6   5   -4   4   -4   5    4
Fol-lol, did-dle, did-dle, dol

1-1  2   -2” 3   3
4-4  5   -5  6   6
She went to mar-ket

 3   4    4  4   -3”
 6   7    7  7   -6
Her eggs for to sell

 3   2   -1   1   -1   2    1
 6   5   -4   4   -4   5    4
Fol-lol, did-dle, did-dle, dol

 4   4   4   1   1
 7   7   7   4   4
She went to mar-ket

 1  4  4  4   4   1
 4  7  7  7   7   4
All on a mar-ket day

 1   4   4  4   -3
 4   7   7  7   -7
And she fell a-sleep

-3  -3” 3   -3”    -3   3
-7  -6  6   -6     -7   6
All on the King’s high-way

 1  -1  2  -2” 3   3    4   4  -3”
 4  -4  5  -5  6   6    7   7  -6
Fol de rol de lol lol, lol lol lol

 3   2   -1   1   -1   2    1
 6   5   -4   4   -4   5    4
Fol-lol, did-dle, did-dle, dol