Annotation:She lives in the valley below

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SHE LIVES IN THE VALLEY BELOW. English, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by English songwriter James Hook, a prolific and popular writer of songs for the stage, particularly known for his sea songs. Hook's lyric begins:

The Broom bloom’d so fresh and so fair,
The Lambkins were sporting around;
When I wander’d to breathe the fresh air,
And by chance a rich Treasure I found.
A lass sat beneath a green shade,
For whose smiles the whole world I’d forgo;
As blooming as May was the Maid,
And she lives in the Valley,
And she lives in the Valley,
And she lives in the Valley below.