{t:The Lark in the Morning}
{st:Traditional}

[chorus]
The [Am]lark in the morning she [G]rises [G/F#]off her [Em]nest
And [C]flies up in the air with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]breast
And [Am]like the jolly ploughboy she [G]whistles [G/F#]and she [Em]sings
She goes [C]home in the evening with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]wings
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Oh, [Am]Roger the ploughboy he [G]is a [G/F#]dashing [Em]blade
He goes [C]whistling and a-singing over [Am]yonder [G]leafy [Am]shade
He [Am]met with dark haired Susan, she's [G]handsomе [G/F#]I  dec[Em]lare
She's [C]far morе enticing than the [Am]birds all [G]in the [Am]air


[chorus]
The [Am]lark in the morning she [G]rises [G/F#]off her [Em]nest
And [C]flies up in the air with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]breast
And [Am]like the jolly ploughboy she [G]whistles [G/F#]and she [Em]sings
She goes [C]home in the evening with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]wings
[]

As [Am]they were coming home from the [G]rakes [G/F#]of the [Em]town
The [C]meadows been all green and the [Am]grass had [G]been cut [Am]down
As [Am]I should chance to tumble all [G]in the [G/F#]new-mown [Em]hay
Oh, it's [C]kiss me now or never love, this [Am]bonnie [G]lass did [Am]say


[chorus]
The [Am]lark in the morning she [G]rises [G/F#]off her [Em]nest
And [C]flies up in the air with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]breast
And [Am]like the jolly ploughboy she [G]whistles [G/F#]and she [Em]sings
She goes [C]home in the evening with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]wings
[]


When [Am]all of twenty long weeks were [G]over [G/F#]and were [Em]past
Her [C]mammy chanced to notice how she'd [Am]thickened '[G]round the [Am]waist
"It [Am]was the handsome ploughboy", the [G]maiden [G/F#]she did [Em]say
"For he [C]caused me for to tumble all [Am]in the [G]new-mown [Am]hay"


[chorus]
The [Am]lark in the morning she [G]rises [G/F#]off her [Em]nest
And [C]flies up in the air with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]breast
And [Am]like the jolly ploughboy she [G]whistles [G/F#]and she [Em]sings
She goes [C]home in the evening with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]wings
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Here's a [Am]health to y'all ploughboys wher[G]ever [G/F#]you may [Em]be
That [C]likes to have a bonnie lass a-[Am]sitting [G]on his [Am]knee
With a [Am]jug of good strong porter you'll [G]whistle [G/F#]and you'll [Em]sing
For a [C]ploughboy is as happy as a [Am]prince [G]or a [Am]king


[chorus]
The [Am]lark in the morning she [G]rises [G/F#]off her [Em]nest
And [C]flies up in the air with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]breast
And [Am]like the jolly ploughboy she [G]whistles [G/F#]and she [Em]sings
She goes [C]home in the evening with the [Am]dew all [G]on her [Am]wings
[]