X: 1
T:Captain Grant
S:Digital Tradition, captgrnt
N:Several printed versions between 1900 and 1910. Published broadside
N:had three or four aditional verses. Tune similar to that of Johnny Troy
N:RG
B:From Travellers' Songs, MacColl & Seeger
B:Collected from Nelson Ridley
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
W:Where I was bound apprentice was down in Northamptonshire,
W:Where I did take my lodgings in the centry of a wood,
W:With my two metal bullets and my bright shiny sword,
W:And it's quickly they did banish me to Edinborough Town.
W:
W:From Edinborough Town, my boys, I thought it myself good,
W:Till I did take my lodgings in the centry of a wood;
W:It was through that wicked woman had me surrounded as I were laying
W:May the Lord have mercy on me ! ' cried bold Captain Grant.
W:
W:Now, here's to my wife and my five children small,
W:And since I 've been drinking I have ruined them all ;
W:God save 'em and God keep 'em from sickness and from want
W:"May the Lord have mercy on me!" said bold Captain Grant.
K:C
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Tune-13841-c.abc 1226 ABC music file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-13841-c.txt 1226 Plain-text file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-13841-get.log 2864 Log file, useful mostly for debugging
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