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T:Will Ye Go To Flanders?
S:Digital Tradition,
N:First and final verses from Folksongs and Ballads of Scotland, MacColl.
N:Additional verse from recording by Ossian.
D:John Faulkner, The 5th Irish Folk Festival
O:Scottish, early 19th century
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:2/4=60
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my bonny Mally, O?
W:You'll see the plaidies fall and
W:you'll hear the pipies calling
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my bonny Mally, O?
W:
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
W:Align we all the highlanders, my bonny Mally, O?
W:You'll hear the captain call and
W:you'll see the sergeant crawling
W:And the soldiers how they fall, O my Mally, O
W:
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W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my bonny Mally, O?
W:There ye'll get wine and brandy,
W:And sack and sugar-candy
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
W:
W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
W:And see the chief commanders, my bonny Mally, O
W:You'll see the bullets fly
W:And the ladies loudly cry
W:And the soldiers how they die, my Mally, O?
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%W:Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O?
%W:And see the bonny soldiers there, my bonny Mally, O
%W:They'll give the pipes a blow
%W:With their plaits and kilts they braw,
%W:The fairest of them , my Mally, O
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