Autoharp: Linden Lea (Including lyrics and chords)

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At the monthly sing-around held at the sheltered accommodation at Kerroo Glass in Ramsey this afternoon, my friend, Graham Alexander sang an a capella rendition of this lovely song which just happened to be the song I was going to upload to perform at the monthly zoom meeting of the UK Autoharpers and Friends next Wednesday.
This is my own interpretation and arrangement of the song about which I found the following information:
William Barnes's poem My Orcha'd In Lindèn Lea was set to music in 1901 by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
At the age of 29, Linden Lea was Vaughan Williams's first publication, marking the beginning of a long career that produced no less than nine symphonies, as well as countless other works. It is written in the key of G major, and uses a "Common English" translation of Barnes's original Dorset dialect for the lyrics.
There are a couple of differences worth noting between the original poem and this translation:
In Verse 2, the fourth line in the translation reads "Up upon the timber-tops", whereas in the poem the line is "Up upon the timber's tops".
In Verse 3, again the fourth line in the translation reads "Though no man may heed my frowns", but in the poem the line is "Though noo man do heed my frowns".
These changes may have been made to improve the flow of the words when sung, as one can easily comprehend the meaning of either version.