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Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother |
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She's sleeping here right by my side |
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And in her right hand a silver dagger |
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She says that I can't be your bride |
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All men are false, says my mother |
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They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies |
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The very next evening they'll court another |
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Leave you alone to pine and sigh |
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My daddy is a handsome devil |
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He's got a chain five miles long |
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And on every link a heart does dangle |
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Of another maid he's loved and wronged |
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Go court another tender maiden |
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And hope that she will be your wife |
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For I've been warned and I've decided |
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To sleep alone all of my life |
