Allan Taylor - Nursery tale

All around the hou^Ases, ^Gsee the ^Achildren ^Drun See their happy fa^Aces, it ^Gseems they're^A having ^Dfun ^G/DRing-a-^D7ring-a-^Groses and a ^Apocketful of ^Dflowers ^G/DSinging ^D7lots of ^Gnursery rhymes to ^Apass away the ^Dhours

And sing a song of six^Apence, a ^Gpocket^Aful of ^Drye Four-and-twenty black^Abirds were ^Gflying ^Ain the ^Dsky The ^G/Dchildren ^D7stopped their ^Gplaying and ^Alooked into the ^Dair And ^G/Dfour-and-^D7twenty ^Gblackbirds were ^Acoming very ^Dnear

And as the birds drew near^Aer, the ^Glouder ^Awas their ^Dsong And bitter was their mu^Asic and ^Gbitter ^Awas their ^Dsong And ^G/Dlittle ^D7Timmy ^GJohnson, he ^Agot to fret and ^Dfrown ^G/DBless ^D7you, ^Gbless you, we ^Aall fall ^Ddown

Little boy ^A7blue, don't ^Dmblow your ^A7horn There's ^Gno cow^A in the ^Dmcorn Where is the ^A7boy who looks ^Dmafter the sh^A7eep? He's^G under the rub^Fble ^Gfast a^Asleep