X:1
T: Once I Loved A Maiden Fair
O: Playford 1651
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
O: England
Z: Chris Partington.  Chords by John Chambers.
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/OnceILovedAMaidenFair0.abc	 2024-06-03 152121 UT
K: D
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"D"fff2 | "A7"ef"D"dc/d/ |\
"Em"eeef | "A7"e2"D"d2 ::\
"G"Bcd2 | "A7"ef"D"dc/d/ |\
"Em"eeef | "A7"e2"D"d2 :|
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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
|:\
"G"B2 B2 B2 G2 | "D7"A2 B2 "G"G4 |\
"Am"A3 G A2 B2 | "D7"A4 "D7"G4 :|\
"G"B2 c2 d4 | "C"e2 e2 "D7"d4 |
"G"B3 c d2 B2 | "D7"A4 "G"G4 ||\
"G"B3 B B2 G2 | "D7"A2 B2 "Em"G4 |\
"Am"A3 G A2 B2 | "D7"A4 "G"G4 |]
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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.