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A gentleman was passing by |
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He asked for a drink as he got dry |
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At the well below below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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Me cup is full up to the brim |
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If I were to stoop |
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I might fall in |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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If your true love was passing by |
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You'd fill him a drink as he got dry |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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She swore by grass, she swore by corn |
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That her true love had never been born |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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He said, Young maid, you're swearing wrong |
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For six fine children you had born |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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If you be a man of noble fame |
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You'll tell to me the father o' them |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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There's two of them by your |
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Uncle Dan |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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Another two by your brother |
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John At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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Another two by your |
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Father dear |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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If you be a man of noble esteem |
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You'll tell to me what has happened to them |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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There's two buried 'neath the stable door |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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Another two near the kitchen door |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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Another two buried beneath the well |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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If you be a man of noble fame |
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You'll tell to me what'll happen mesel' |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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You'll be seven years a-ringing the bell |
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At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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You'll be seven more a-portin' in |
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Hell At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o |
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I'll be seven years a-ringing the bell |
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But the Lord above may save me soul |
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From portin' in |
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Hell At the well below the valley o |
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Green grows the lily o |
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Right among the bushes o. |