I derived this tab from a version of this popular old nursery rhyme on an old children's show from 1974 called Bagpuss. It is a more upbeat folk version than most other variations but I think it sounds better this way. And also to fit the theme of this song, I have posted the tab for the mandolin as well! This is only the main melody, I haven't figured out any extra parts yet. (Singing starts here) e|-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-----------------0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1------------| B|-----3-------1-------3-1-0-1-----1-1-----------3-0-1-------------------3-------1-------3-1-0-1----| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-3-3-8-8-5-7---3---3-3-8-8-5-7-------3-3-8-8-7-5p3-1-0-1-0h1-5-3-----| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| X2 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-------------7-8-------------| B|-1-1-----------3-0-1-------------------3-------1-------3-1-0-1-------------0-1-----| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| If you don't like moving your hand up and down the neck that quickly then try this lower octave version: e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------0-0-------------0-0-0--------------------------------------| D|-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0---------------2-----3-2-0-----2-----------2-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0----------| A|-------------3---------3-2-3-----3-3-------------2-3---------------------------3---------3-2-3----| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----1-1---0-----------1-1---0-----------1-1-0-----------------------| G|-0-0-----2-----0---0-0-----2---------0-0-------2p0-----------2-0-----| D|---------------------------------------------------3-2-3-2h3---------| X2 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-1------------| G|-------0-0-------------0-0-0------------------------------------------------------| D|-----2-----3-2-0-----2-----------2-3-3-0-3-2-2---2-2h3-0--------------------------| A|-3-3-------------2-3---------------------------3---------3-2-3-------------2-3----| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| And the Mandolin version: E|-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-----------------0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1------------| A|-----5-------3-------5-3-2-3-----3-3-----------5-2-3-------------------5-------3-------5-3-2-3----| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-3-3-8-8-5-7---3---3-3-8-8-5-7-------3-3-8-8-7-5p3-1-0-1-0h1-5-3-----| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| X2 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----0-3-3-1-0-------0-3-3-3-----0-1-1---1-0-0---0-0h1-------------7-8------------| A|-3-3-----------5-2-3-------------------5-------3-------5-3-2-3-------------2-3----| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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