The Game of Cards

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As I was a-walking one midsummer's morning
 I heard the birds whistle and the nightingales play
 And there did I spy a beautiful maiden
 As I a-walking all on the highway
 "O where are you going, my fair pretty lady?
 O where are you going so early this morn?"
 She said:"I'm going down to visit my neighbours;
 I'm going down to Warwick, the place I was born."
 It's "May I come with you, my sweet pretty daring?
 May I go along in your sweet company?"
 Then she turned her head and smiling all at me
 Saying: "You may come with me, kind sir, if you please."
 We hadn't been walking but a few miles together
 Before this young damsel began to show free
 She sat herself down, saying: "Sit down beside me
 And the games we shall play shall be one, two and three."
 I said: "My dear lady, if you're fond of the gaming
 There's one game I know I would like you to learn
 The game it is called: The Game Of All Fours."
 So I took out my pack and began the first turn
 She cut the cards first and I fell a-dealing
 I dealt her a trump and myself the poor jack
 She led off her ace and stole my jack from me
 Saying: "Jack is the card I like best in your pack."
 "Since I dealt them last time, it's your turn to shuffle
 And my turn to show the best card in the pack."
 Once more she'd the ace and the deuce for to beat me
 Once again I had lost when I laid down poor jack
 So I took up my hat and I bid her: "Good morning,"
 I said: "You're the best that I know at this game."
 She answered: " Young man, if you'll come back to-morrow
 We'll play the game over and over again."
 

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Duration
03:20
Key
5
Tempo
180 BPM

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