Annotation:Five Men Went Together

FIVE MEN WENT OUT TOGETHER. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Five men went together (x2)
Four men, three men, two men, one man
And the mower went to mow the meadow.

Mother ru a ru a ru a
Mother ru a ready
With a stick upon her back
And another in her hand
Saying Good morrow to you kindly madam.<br

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 869, p. 217

Recorded sources:

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