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The Girl I Left Behind

Traditional English Folk Song - Circa 1768

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C	F         G7	C	-
-	F	G7	C
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-	F	G7	C  (G7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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I am lonesome since I crossed the hill and o'er the moor and valley,

Such a heavy thought my heart do fill since parting with my Sally.

I seek no more the fine and gay, For echoes but remind me,

How so swift the hours did pass away, With the girl I left behind me.

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Listen to Alan Munde perform "The Girl I Left Behind" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com