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A noblemen's fair daughter |
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Came down a narrow lane. |
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And met with Captain Wedderburn, |
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The keeper of the game |
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Now my pretty fair miss |
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If it wasn't for the law, |
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You and I in the bed might lie |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Now, my dear good man, she said |
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Do not be perplexed |
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Before that you might bed with me |
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You must answer questions six. |
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Six questions you must answer me, |
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And I will ask them all |
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And you and I in the bed might lie |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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What is rounder than a ring, |
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And higher than the trees? |
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And what is worse than a woman's curse, |
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And what is deeper than the sea? |
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What bird sings first, which one's best? |
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Where does the dew first fall |
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And you and I in a bed might lie |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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The earth is rounder than a ring, |
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And heaven is higher than the trees, |
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The devil is worse than a woman's curse, |
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And hell in deeper than the sea |
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The lark sings first, the thrush sings best, |
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Earth is where the dew falls |
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And you and I in a bed must lie |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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He takes her by her lily-white hand |
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And leads her down the hall |
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And he takes her by her slender waist |
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For fear that she might fall |
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And he lays her on a bed of down |
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Without a doubt at all |
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And he and she lie in one bed |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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And she and he lie in one bed |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |
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Roll me over next to the wall |