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Roud Folk Song Index #956
Steel Eye Span presents this lovely tune collected from Harry Cox of Norfolk, England. From their 1988 album “Below the Salt”, but the song may be as early as the 1740s as some of the phrases suggest an educated author writing in the folk style - wikipedia
Steel Eye Span presents this lovely tune collected from Harry Cox of Norfolk, England. From their 1988 album “Below the Salt”, but the song may be as early as the 1740s as some of the phrases suggest an educated author writing in the folk style - wikipedia
Spotted Cow
by trad
[Start on A]
One [D] morning [G] in the [A7] month of [D] May
[D] as from my cottage I [G] stray- [D] ed
Just [G] at the dawning of the day
I [D] met with a charming [Bm] maid.
Just at the [Bm] dawning [A] of the [D] day
I [G] met with a [A] charming [D] maid.
‘Good morning to you, whither?’ said I
‘Good morning to you now’
The maid replied, ‘kind sir,’ she cried,
‘I’ve lost my spotted cow’
The maid replied, ‘kind sir,’ she cried,
‘I’ve lost my spotted cow’
‘No longer weep, no longer morn,
Your cows not lost my dear
I saw her down in yonder grove,
Come love and I’ll show you where
I saw her down in yonder grove,
Come love and I’ll show you where
‘I [D] must con- [G] fess, you’re [A7] very [D] kind
‘I thank you sir,’ said [G] she [D]
‘We [G] will be sure her there to find
Come [D] sweetheart go with [Bm] me
‘We will be [Bm] sure her [A7] there to [D] find
Come [G] sweetheart [A7] go with [D] me
And in the grove they spent the day
they thought it passed too soon
at night they homeward bent their way
while brightly shone the moon
at night they homeward bent their way
while brightly shone the moon
If he should cross the flowerly dale,
or go to view the plough,
she comes and calls, ‘You gentle swain,
I’ve lost my spotted cow.’
she comes and calls, ‘You gentle swain,
I’ve lost my spotted cow.’
One [D] morning [G] in the [A7] month of [D] May
[D] as from my cottage I [G] stray- [D] ed
Just [G] at the dawning of the day
I [D] met with a charming [Bm] maid.
Just at the [Bm] dawning [A] of the [D] day
I [G] met with a [A] charming [D] maid.
‘Good morning to you, whither?’ said I
‘Good morning to you now’
The maid replied, ‘kind sir,’ she cried,
‘I’ve lost my spotted cow’
The maid replied, ‘kind sir,’ she cried,
‘I’ve lost my spotted cow’
‘No longer weep, no longer morn,
Your cows not lost my dear
I saw her down in yonder grove,
Come love and I’ll show you where
I saw her down in yonder grove,
Come love and I’ll show you where
‘I [D] must con- [G] fess, you’re [A7] very [D] kind
‘I thank you sir,’ said [G] she [D]
‘We [G] will be sure her there to find
Come [D] sweetheart go with [Bm] me
‘We will be [Bm] sure her [A7] there to [D] find
Come [G] sweetheart [A7] go with [D] me
And in the grove they spent the day
they thought it passed too soon
at night they homeward bent their way
while brightly shone the moon
at night they homeward bent their way
while brightly shone the moon
If he should cross the flowerly dale,
or go to view the plough,
she comes and calls, ‘You gentle swain,
I’ve lost my spotted cow.’
she comes and calls, ‘You gentle swain,
I’ve lost my spotted cow.’