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A bold young farmer courted me |
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He gained my heart and liberty |
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He gained my heart and good free will |
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I must confess |
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I love him still |
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I must confess |
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I love him still |
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I wish, I wish, |
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I wish in vain |
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I wish I was a maid again |
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A maid again |
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I ne'er shall be |
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For that young farmer lay with me. |
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There is a house in yonder town |
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Where my love goes and sits him down |
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He takes a strange girl on his knee |
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He tells her things he won't tell me |
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He tells her things he won't tell me |
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Chorus There is a bird in yonder tree |
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Some say he's blind and cannot see |
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I wish it was the same with me |
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When first |
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I met your company |
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When first |
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I met your company |
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Chorus I wish my little babe was born |
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And I poor girl was dead and gone |
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And then from love |
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I will be free |
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With green grass growing over me |
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With green grass growing over me |
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Chorus A bold young farmer courted me |
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He gained my heart and liberty |
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He gained my heart and good free will |
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I must confess |
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I love him still |
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I must confess |
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I love him still |
