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Key: G

Genre: Folk

Harp Type: Diatonic

Skill: Any

Hard Is The Fortune Of All Womankind (hi-lo)

HARD IS THE FORTUNE OF ALL WOMANKIND hi-lo
(The Wagoner’s Lad)
American version of 18th C. English folk song
Key: G
Time: 3/4

5-4 4 -3” 3 4 -4
8-8 7 -6 6 7 -8
Oh, hard is the for-tune

5 4 3 -3” 3
8 7 6 -6 6
Of all wom-an-kind

4 -4 4 -4 5 6
7 -8 7 -8 8 9
They’re al-ways con-trolled

-6 6 5 4 -4
-10 9 8 7 -8
They’re al-ways con-fined

-4 -4 4 -4 5 6
-8 -8 7 -8 8 9
Con-trolled by their par-ents

-6 6 5 4 -4
-10 9 8 7 -8
Un-til they are wives

5 -4 4 4 3 -3” 4
8 -8 7 7 6 -6 7
Then slaves to their hus-bands

-4 4 3 -3” 3
-8 7 6 -6 6
The rest of their lives

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