title: The Croppy Boykey: Irishharp type: Chromaticgenre: Gskill: Any18th C. Irish folk songKey: GTime: 3/4 -1 3 3 -4 3 2 2 1‘Twas ear-ly, ear-ly in the Spring1 -3 -3 -3 -2* -3 -1 -1 -1The birds did whis-tle and sweet-ly sing-1 3 -4 -5 -4 4 -5 -4Chang-ing their notes from tree to tree3 3 -3 -4 4 -3And the song they sang-2* -3 3 3 3Was “Old Ire-land Free”