;The Lark in the Morning
;Traditional
 
[chorus]
.    Am                      G     G/F#    Em
 The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
.    C                            Am      G      Am
 And flies up in the air with the dew all on her breast
.    Am                           G        G/F#    Em
 And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
.         C                            Am      G      Am
 She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
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.    Am                     G    G/F#    Em
 Oh, Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade
.        C                            Am     G     Am
 He goes whistling and a-singing over yonder leafy shade
.   Am                                G        G/F#  Em
 He met with dark haired Susan, she's handsomе I  declare
.      C                          Am        G      Am
 She's far morе enticing than the birds all in the air
 
 
[chorus]
.    Am                      G     G/F#    Em
 The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
.    C                            Am      G      Am
 And flies up in the air with the dew all on her breast
.    Am                           G        G/F#    Em
 And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
.         C                            Am      G      Am
 She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
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.   Am                             G     G/F#   Em
 As they were coming home from the rakes of the town
.    C                              Am        G        Am
 The meadows been all green and the grass had been cut down
.   Am                            G      G/F#     Em
 As I should chance to tumble all in the new-mown hay
.         C                               Am     G        Am
 Oh, it's kiss me now or never love, this bonnie lass did say
 
 
[chorus]
.    Am                      G     G/F#    Em
 The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
.    C                            Am      G      Am
 And flies up in the air with the dew all on her breast
.    Am                           G        G/F#    Em
 And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
.         C                            Am      G      Am
 She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
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.     Am                            G    G/F#     Em
 When all of twenty long weeks were over and were past
.    C                                 Am         G         Am
 Her mammy chanced to notice how she'd thickened 'round the waist
.    Am                               G      G/F#    Em
 "It was the handsome ploughboy", the maiden she did say
.        C                           Am     G        Am
 "For he caused me for to tumble all in the new-mown hay"
 
 
[chorus]
.    Am                      G     G/F#    Em
 The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
.    C                            Am      G      Am
 And flies up in the air with the dew all on her breast
.    Am                           G        G/F#    Em
 And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
.         C                            Am      G      Am
 She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
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.         Am                             G    G/F#    Em
 Here's a health to y'all ploughboys wherever you may be
.     C                             Am      G      Am
 That likes to have a bonnie lass a-sitting on his knee
.       Am                               G       G/F#       Em
 With a jug of good strong porter you'll whistle and you'll sing
.      C                          Am     G    Am
 For a ploughboy is as happy as a prince or a king
 
 
[chorus]
.    Am                      G     G/F#    Em
 The lark in the morning she rises off her nest
.    C                            Am      G      Am
 And flies up in the air with the dew all on her breast
.    Am                           G        G/F#    Em
 And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
.         C                            Am      G      Am
 She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
[]