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One misty moisty morning, when cloudy was the weather, |
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I met with an old man a-clothed all in leather, |
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He was clothed all in leather with a cap beneath his chin, singin':"How d' you do and how d' you do and how d' you do again"</blockquote>This rustic was a treasure as on his way he hide |
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And with a leather bottle fast buckled by his side |
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He wore no shirt upon his back with wool unto his skin, singin': |
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I went a little further and there I met a maid |
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Oh are you goin' a-milking? Milkin's o'er she said |
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Then I began to compliment and she began to sing, sayin': |
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This maid, her name was Dolly, clothed in a gown of grey |
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I being somewhat jolly, persuaded her to stay |
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And straight I fell a-courting her in hopes her love to win, singin': |
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I having time and leisure, I spent a vacant hour |
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A-telling of my treasure while sitting in the bower |
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And then in kind embraces I stroked her double chin, singin': |
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I said that I would married be and she would be my bride |
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And along we should not tarry, and twenty things beside |
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I'll plough and sow and reap and mow and you shall sit and spin, singin': |
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Her parents then consented, all parties were agreed |
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Her portion thirty shillings, we married were with speed |
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Then Will, the piper, he did play, while others dance and sing, sayin': |
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Then lusty rovin' robin with many damsels gay |
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To drive and roam to dawning to celebrate the day |
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And when they met together, their caps they oft-did fling, sayin': |
