The Four Presents

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[Verse]
  D             A          D
I had 4 sisters beyond the sea
D             A   D
Per Meri Dixi Dominie
D                    A          D
And they each sent a present to me
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie


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[Verse]
D                        A              D
The first sent a chicken without 'ere a bone
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                        A              D
The second sent a cherry without 'ere a stone
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

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[Verse]
D                           A            D
The third sent a book which no man could read
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                         A              D
The fourth sent a blanket without 'ere a thread
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

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[Verse]
D                          A              D
How can there be a chicken without 'ere a bone?
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                         A              D
How can there be a cherry without 'ere a stone?
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

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[Verse]
D                             A            D
How can there be a book which no man could read?
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                          A              D
How can there be a blanket without 'ere a thread?
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

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[Verse]
D                                         A     D
When the chicken's in the eggshell, there is no bone
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                                   A     D
When the cherry's in the bud, there is no stone
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

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[Verse]
D                                A          D
When the book's in the press, no one it can read
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie
D                                       A     D
When the blanket's on the fleece, there is no thread
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie

[Chorus]
D             G        D
Petrum Patrum Paradisi Tempori
D              A   D
Peri Meri Dixi Dominie