Lyrics
(American folk song)
1. ‘Twas on a Monday morning the first I saw my darling
A-washing out the linen clothes, a-washing out the linen clothes.
2. ‘Twas on a Tuesday morning, the first I saw my darling
A-hanging out the linen clothes, a-hanging out the linen clothes.
3. …Wednesday… A-taking in the linen clothes…
4. —Thursday…A-ironing of the linen clothes…
5. …Friday…A-mending of the linen clothes…
6. …Saturday…A-folding of the linen clothes…
7. …Sunday…A-wearing of the linen clothes…
Recorder notes: G, A, B, C’
See also
- Subjects: washing / days of the week
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: G,A,B,C’
- Meter: 2
- Scale: tetrachordÂ
- Tones: drmf
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948 / The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
- Song with chords in 2 keys (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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