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Once I knew a pretty girl |
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I loved her as my life |
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I'd gladly give my heart and hand |
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To make her my wife |
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Ooh, to make her my wife |
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She took me by the hand |
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She led me to the door |
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She put her arms around me |
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Saying, "Please don't come no more" |
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Ooh, please, come no more |
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Well, I'd not been gone but about six months |
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When she did complain |
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And she wrote me a letter |
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Saying, "Please come back again." |
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Ooh, please, come again |
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And I wrote her an answer |
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Just for to let her know |
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That no young man should venture |
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Where once he could not go |
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Ooh, where once he could not go |
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So come all you young lovers |
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Take a warning from me |
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And never place your affections |
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On a green growing tree |
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Ooh, on a green growing tree |
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Cause the leaves they will wither |
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Roots will decay |
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And the beauty of a young maid will soon fade away |
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Ooh, soon fade away |