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As I roved out on a bright May morn, |
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Monday morning early-- |
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As I roved out on a bright May morn, |
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Monday morning early |
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I spied a pretty farrier-maid, |
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She was her mother's darling |
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I said, "Who are you, my pretty fair maid, |
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Who are you, my honey-- |
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Oh, who are you, my pretty fair maid, |
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Who are you, my honey?" |
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She answered me quite modestly, |
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"I am my mother's darling, |
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"Will you come with me to my mother's house |
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When the moon is shining clearly-- |
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Come with me to my mother's house |
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When the moon is shining clearly? |
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I'll open the door and let you in, |
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And devil the one may hear us." |
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So I went to her house in the middle of the night |
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When the moon was shining clearly-- |
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I went to her house in the middle of the night |
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When the moon was shining clearly, |
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She opened the door and she let me in |
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And devil the one did hear us. |
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She took me horse by the bridle and the bit |
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And she led him to the stable-- |
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She took me horse by the bridle and the bit |
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And she led him to the stable, |
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Saying, "There's plenty of oats for a soldier's horse |
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To eat if he is able." |
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Then she took me by the lily-white hand |
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And she led me to the table-- |
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She took me by the lily-white hand |
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And she led me to the table, |
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Saying, "There's plenty of wine for a soldier boy |
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To drink if he is able." |
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Then I got up and I made the bed |
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And I made it nice and easy-- |
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Oh, I got up and I made the bed |
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And I made it nice and easy, |
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Then I got up and I laid her down, saying, |
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"Lassie, are you comfortable? |
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"And when will I return again, |
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"rose, rose |
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When will we be married-- |
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rose, rose |
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When shall I return again, |
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shall I never |
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When shall we be married?" |
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see thee wed?" |
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"When broken shoes make Christmas bells, |
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It's then we might get married." |