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The Foggy, Foggy Dew

from suffolk
original key: Ab Major
Arranged by
BENJAMIN BRITTEN

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I was a bach -elor I lived al1 a- lone. and
night she came to my bed side when

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eV- er did Wrons. WaS to Woo a fair yoLlng maid. I

on my bed and slre be gal] to Weep. She
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wooe cl her the Wln - teI time, and 1n the sum lne-r
sighed. slre cried, she damn'near died, she said: What shal1 I

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too. _ Andthe on - ly. on-lv thing I did that was wrong. was to
do? _ So I hauled her in-to bed and I cov - ered up her head, just to

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keep her from the fog - gy, fog o\/ dew 2. One
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I am a bach - elor ancl I lil,e with my son. and we work at the weav - er's

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trade. And ev - 'ry sin - gle titne that t look in - to his eyes. he re -

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minils me of the íair young maid. He re - mincls tr-re of the

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Wln - ter time. and of the sun-] meI too, And of the

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lTlan - y, ma|-l y times that I held her irr my arlns. Just to

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keep her íiorn the fog - gy, íbg - gy dew

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