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The Lark in the morning she rises off her nest
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She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
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And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
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She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
Oh Roger the ploughboy he is a dashing blade
He goes whistling and singing for yonder leafy shade
He met with dark-eyed Susan she's handsome I declare
And she's far more enticing than the birds all in the air
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The Lark in the morning she rises off her nest
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
Am C G Em
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
As they were coming home from the rakes of the town
The meadow being all mown and the grass had been cut down
As they should chance to tumble all on the new-mown hay
Oh it's kiss me now or never this bonnie lass would say
Am C G Em
The Lark in the morning she rises off her nest
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
Am C G Em
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
When twenty long weeks were over and past
Her mammy asked the reason why she thickened round the waist
It was the pretty ploughboy this girl then did say
For he asked me for to tumble all on the new-mown hay
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The Lark in the morning she rises off her nest
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
Am C G Em
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings
Here's a health to you ploughboy wherever you may be
That's like having a bonnie lass sitting on each knee
With a pint of good strong porter he'll whistle and he'll sing
And the ploughboy is as happy as a prince or a king
Am C G Em
The Lark in the morning she rises off her nest
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her breast
Am C G Em
And like the jolly ploughboy she whistles and she sings
Am C G Am
She goes home in the evening with the dew all on her wings