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====== Country Life ======
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"Chorus"\
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w:I like to rise when the | sun, she ris-es | ear-ly in the | morn- * ing. |
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w:I like to hear them | small birds sing-ing | merr-i-ly up-on their | lay- * lum and hur-
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w:rah for the life of a | coun-try boy and to | ram-ble in the new mown | hay. |
"Verse"\
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w:1~In | spring we sow, at the | har-vest mow, and | that is how the sea-sons | 'round they go.  But of
w:2.~In | win-ter when the * | sky is gray, we | hedge * and we ditch our | time a-way.  But in
w:3.~In | Au- tumn when the * | oak trees turn, we | gath- er all the wood that's | fit to burn.  We*
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w:1.~all the times, if I | choose, I may, to go | ramb-lin' in the new mown | hay. |
w:2.~sum-mer when the * | sun shines gay, we go | ramb-lin' in the new mown | hay. |
w:3.~cut and stow and* | stash a- way, and go | ramb- lin' in the new mown | hay.</abc>


**Chorus:**
//I like to rise when the sun she rises,
Early in the morning
I like to hear them small birds singing,
Merrily upon their laylum
And hurrah for the life of a country boy,
And to ramble in the new mown hay.//

In spring we sow, at the harvest mow
And that is how the seasons round they go
But of all the times choose I may
To go ramblin' in the new mown hay

[Chorus]

In winter when the sky is gray
We hedge and ditch our time away,
But in summer when the sun shines gay,
We go ramblin' in the new mown hay.

[Chorus]

In autumn when the oak trees turn
We gather all the wood that's fit to burn
We cut and stash and stow away
And go ramblin' in the new mown hay.