X: 1
T: Once I Loved a maiden fair
B: Sabine Baring Gould, 1895, Old English Songs from English Minstrelsie, 1895
S: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
B2 B2 B2 B2 |A2 B2 G4 |A3 G A2 B2 |A4 G4 |
w:Once I loved a maid-en fair; But she did de-ceive me;
B2 B2 B2 B2 |A2 B2 G4 |A3 G A2 B2 |A4 G4 |
w:She with Ve-nus might com-pare, If you will be-lieve me.
B2 c2 d4 |e2 e2 d4 |B3 c d2 B2 |A4 G4 |
w:She was young, And a-mong All our maids the sweet-est,
B3 B B2 B2 |A2 B2 G4 |A3 G A2 B2 |A4 G4 |]
w:Now I say, Ah! well a day! Bright-est hopes are fleet-est.