A Calling-on Song chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Hutchings

album: Hark! The Village Wait (1970)


Verse 1:
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Good people pray heed our pe-tition
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Your at-tention we beg and we crave
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And if you are in-clined for to listen
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An a-bundance of pastime we'll have

Verse 2:
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We have come to re-late many stories
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Con-cerning our forefathers’ time
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And we trust they will drive out your worries
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Of this we are all in one mind


Verse 3:
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Many tales of the poor and the gentry
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Of labour and love will a-rise
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There are no finer songs in this country
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In Scotland or Ireland like-wise


Verse 4:
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There's one thing more need be mentioned
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The dances we’ll dance all in fun
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So now that you've heard our in-tention
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We'll play on to the beat of the drum